Tandberg MODEL-3012
This entry is on hold. The archive has not yet found a verifiable source naming a Tandberg product by this designation.
Overview
The Vintage Technology Archive has no confirmed documentation for a Tandberg product called the MODEL-3012. The fact sheet supplied for this page returned no extracted facts. The source material attached to the request does not describe a Tandberg component by that name. So the page is on hold rather than padded with guesses. It stays that way until someone finds a primary source - a service manual, owner's manual, catalog page, or period review that explicitly names a Tandberg MODEL-3012 - and it can be verified.
There is a persistent source of confusion here. The excerpts in the research bundle labeled "MODEL-3012" are period advertisements for the SME Model 3012 / 3012-R precision pickup arm. That is a British tonearm from SME Limited of Steyning, Sussex, not a Tandberg product. The ads describe a thin-walled stainless steel tone-arm, a redesigned lateral balance system, a low-mass shell with double draw-in pins, and an effective mass of 14 grams, with geometry optimized for 12-inch records. None of that describes a Tandberg component, and none of it belongs on a Tandberg page. It is mentioned only as a caution. The "3012" designation is heavily associated with SME tonearms in period print, so any Tandberg reference to a "3012" should be checked carefully against the actual document.
The remaining review excerpts in the bundle are no better. They are OCR fragments about Tandberg cassette decks, Aiwa cassette decks, KEF loudspeakers, and a Julian Hirsch column on speaker distortion measurement. One Tandberg fragment mentions the 3012's tone controls, but the surrounding text is an advertisement for a different product line. None of these fragments establishes the identity, specifications, or production history of a Tandberg MODEL-3012. Attributing any of their content to this model would be fabrication.
Tandberg built a great many 3000-series components. The archive already documents the 3000X, 3001, 3003, 3006A, 3015A, 3026A, 3031A, and 3080A, among others. A "3012" may well exist within that numbering scheme, but the archive will not assert that it does, or describe what it might be, until a source naming it can be produced. If you own a Tandberg MODEL-3012, or have a manual, catalog, or period review that names it, the feedback link below is the fastest way to get this entry written properly.
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