Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement in record players comprising a turntable on which the disc is placed and a tone arm mounted to pivot at one of its ends and carrying a pick-up at its other end, said arm normally resting in stop position on a support member fast with the chassis of the record player, consisting in the provision, between the fixed support for the tone arm and its pivoting axis, of means for lifting said arm and moving it in a circular arc and for lowering the pick-up onto the lead-in groove of the disc, said means ensuring that the tone arm is lifted, when it reaches the end of the groove of the disc, describes a circular arc and is lowered on its fixed support member.