Well, points well made as I shudder at the thoughts you brought up. I hope common sense would reign but, then again, we are talking modern times now are we not? My discussion was for the typical tonearm which most people encounter with their gimbal assemblies. Ah, but there is something universal on both sides of the pond: Pipe cleaners. I was not going off into the world of creativity like tonearms suspended in silicon goo like the Well Tempered Tonearm. Lord knows what a mess that test would make with a Mayware Fourmula 4.