Mystery cartridge

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    Davidcat

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    Hi guys,
    Can anybody identify this cartridge?
    It looks very much like a Lyra but there is no makers name or model number and I can’t find anything similar on the net.
    Any information would be useful, I don’t know if it’s worth having it rebuilt.
    Sorry about the quality of the photos. D7AF9A4C-A1C6-4780-A192-1085DFFEBD02.jpeg 0287011D-3B3E-4D19-909D-2F58158ABDBA.jpeg D7AF9A4C-A1C6-4780-A192-1085DFFEBD02.jpeg 0287011D-3B3E-4D19-909D-2F58158ABDBA.jpeg
     

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    Certainly looks like a Lyra. Neve seen a green bodied Lyra though, just blue (Argo), gold (Delos) and red (Dorian).
     
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    Lyra Lydian Beta from the early 00s. Decent cartridge. Worth contacting Jonathan Carr at Lyra to see what your options are. Long superceded but I have to say I prefer some of the earlier cartridges (Lyra Argo i for example) to some of the current ones.
     
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    Thanks for that, mystery solved I think, although my cartridge seems to differ in some ways from pictures on the internet. Having said that, I think you’re right, maybe an early example or something like that. Thanks again.
     
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