Retip Transfiguration Orpheus

I was quite surprise to read:

At Transfiguration Retipping one for an Orpheus is no longer possible!

Could you please provide some details?

Hello

This is the statement by the German distributor of Transfiguration, and a trader in Singapore. The Orpheus is no longer manufactured the last 6 months. There are (allegedly) get no more spare parts at Transfiguration.
An exchange for a new I would not do. I want
only a new diamond of the original Ogura is as close as possible. Expert Stylus and Soundsmith does not answer, either.

Greetings ... Gerhard

Gerhard, I think you may have received 'incorrect' information from your 'distributor' (I am being polite ;~)
If you will click on the link below, you will see that Elusive Disk (and many other retailers) provide re-tipping directly from the factory (a re-tip through Elusive Disk costs $2600)
http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=TRANORP

My experience is similar to Gerhad's.A while ago the cleaning lady's cloth snagged the cantilever of my Orpheus. Thanks to some good Japanese friends I sent the Orpheus to the Transfiguration factory in Japan. They,however, politely declined to do a retip/repair etc citing the non availability of parts on a small scale etc
I am happy with the replacement cart, a Lyra Titan i, but I reckon the Orpheus was a better cart in the context of my system/musical preferences.
A successor to the Orpheus is on the anvil and I was advised that an accomodation price may be possible in this situation.
All the best
Pradeep