Lafayette PK-245
Almost nothing is documented about the Lafayette PK-245. No period review, advertisement, service manual, or confirmed specification has surfaced. Even the product type is unverified. The closest trace in the period record is a sibling model. HiFI-Stereo (1961, p.54) listed a Lafayette Model PK-240 turntable - a 4-speed transcription table with a 12-inch aluminum platter, rim drive, and rumble stated as 50 dB below average, priced at $23.50. That suggests the PK-24x prefix belonged to Lafayette's record-playing component line. Whether the PK-245 was a turntable, tonearm, or related accessory is inference, not fact.
Lafayette Radio Electronics, the New York mail-order and retail giant, sold hundreds of models under its own badge through the 1950s and 1960s. Many of those catalog numbers are now nearly untraceable, and the PK-245 appears to be among the most obscure. If you own one, have a manual, or have spotted it in a period catalog, the Archive would welcome the correction.
- No confirmed product type (audio component; possibly record-playing related)
- No production years, original price, or specifications found
- Related model: Lafayette PK-240 turntable, $23.50 (HiFI-Stereo, 1961, p.54)
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