Abstract: A rotating transducing head drum mounts a number of transducer heads for sweeping rotation across the surface of a record medium. The drum includes a shaft or other cylindrical gauge footing at the center, and each head is carried on a mounting element having at least two angled surfaces tangentially engaging the footing at circumferentially spaced generatrices thereof so as to be precisely located in a radial direction. Circumferential and axial locating means are also provided.