Retip Transfiguration Orpheus

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

Dear Gerhard, Regarding 'other possibilties'. You can ask
Axel (Schallplattennadeln.de) for advice. In the MM thread
you can find many satisfied customers.

Regards,

They,however, politely declined to do a retip/repair etc citing the non availability of parts on a small scale etc

Yes- *very* small parts...

I was told that the Orpheus was (temporarily, at least) no longer available because the gentleman that does the work had a stroke :(

Now THAT's an irreplaceable part, the brain.
Sorry to read about this. I have an idea that I would like the Orpheus and have often thought about trying to find a used one. (I am allergic to the NOS cost.)