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A record playing apparatus has a plurality of small area contact mounting devices distributed around confronting surfaces of a lower and upper turntable platter, the lower turntable platter being motor driven. The small contact area mounting devices comprise elongated members comprising substantially "point contact" at at least one end thereof. The small contact area mounting devices can be used to mount the base to a sub-base and/or the tone arm arrangement to the base of the record player.