Foil damping tape as a tonearm tube wrap?

@celander : At the end what we want is to tigth ( tension hold to the arm pipe ). with enough force the arm pipe and if the foil/wrapp has damping characteristics the better but not essential for the job. I think that even at 30-35° it works. We need the damping all over the frequency range not only in one frequency range, we need at least at both frequency extremes as a fact the bass range is so importamnt about.

The Sumiko works because it puts enough force against the arm pipe " killing " vibrations/resonances where it makes its harm " work ".

@johnnyb53 , with this damping method you can't overdamp the tonearm because you are not altering the pivot bearing free movements but helping about.
R.

The Sumiko Analog Survival Kit used a thin tape to be wound tightly around an arm tube slightly overlapping the winds. It was not heavy.

The Analog Survival Kit was the brainchild of Warren Ghel, currently employed at ARC. He developed this about the same time that SOTA came out with the Cosmos turntable, so about 28 years ago or so. I think he still has access to some of the materials.

Cryoing the tonearm would certainly be a step in the right direction in terms of resonance control, stiffness and strength. As would ensuring that the tonearm wires are going in the right direction, obviously.

Dear @celander :  """  certainly be a step in the right direction in terms of resonance control, stiffness and strength.   """

that'as the main concept of the wrapp subject. Took those inside listening cartridge  frequency range out of the cartridge signal and that's why the 3M 434 could works with no problem at any temperature but you can go to use the wrapping with other kind of item. Some one mentioned teflon tape that seems to me a little " soft  " for this job but you can try too.

R.

Was I being paged? Obviously what I meant was cryo is guaranteed whilst these other suggestions are a pig in a poke. 🐷