Editing Phonograph (section)

==Arm systems==
[[File:Thorens TD124 mkii + SME 3012 (9509758745) (cropped).jpg|thumb|An [[SME Limited|SME]] 3012 tonearm fitted on a [[Thorens]] TD124 MkII turntable]]
In some high quality equipment the arm carrying the pickup, known as a tonearm, is manufactured separately from the motor and turntable unit. Companies specialising in the manufacture of tonearms include the English company [[SME Limited|SME]].

===Cue lever===
More sophisticated turntables were (and still are) frequently manufactured so as to incorporate a "cue lever", a device that mechanically lowers the tonearm on to the record. It enables the user to locate an individual track more easily, to pause a record, and to avoid the risk of scratching the record, which may require practice to avoid when lowering the tonearm manually.<ref>{{cite web |date=29 March 2023 |title=What is a cue lever on a turntable? A comprehensive explanation |work=VintageSonics |url=https://vintagesonics.com/guides/turntables-guides/what-is-a-cue-lever-on-a-turntable-a-comprehensive-explanation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906170524/https://vintagesonics.com/guides/turntables-guides/what-is-a-cue-lever-on-a-turntable-a-comprehensive-explanation/ |archive-date=2023-09-06 |access-date=2023-09-06 }}</ref>

===Linear tracking===
Early developments in linear turntables were from Rek-O-Kut (portable lathe/phonograph) and Ortho-Sonic in the 1950s, and Acoustical in the early 1960s. These were eclipsed by more successful implementations of the concept from the late 1960s through the early 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |author=Rudolf A. Bruil |url=http://www.soundfountain.com/amb/ttrabco.html |title=Rabco SL-8E SL-8: Tangential Tonearm, Servo Control, Parallel Tracking, Functioning, Drawings, Construction, Manual |publisher=Soundfountain.com |date=2004-01-08 |access-date=2011-10-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017071917/http://www.soundfountain.com/amb/ttrabco.html |archive-date=2011-10-17 }}</ref>