I woud retore the III cabinet at all costs, the shelf is not hard to duplicate. My A-150 dd had a missing shelf, and I made a new one with a mahogany board, and made a stencil of another machine and duplicated it. Many f these cabinets are almost black and very bubbed, restore it! The 150 is one of my fave cabinets. The 1-A is a belt driven machine with a motor similar to a mdel F or G triumph, I had an opera and I-A in the shop at the same time. Rebuilt both the M and L reproducers on them too. _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org