Mounting a Triplanar or similar on an SP10


Has anyone tried to mount a Triplanar on an SP10? I was trying to do it tonight. Because of the fact that the Triplanar mounting flange is offset considerably to the left of the pivot point of the tonearm per se, the only way to mount the arm in proper position for correct pivot to spindle distance (233.5mm) is to have the arm overhang the table by a considerably amount when at rest, at a severe angle. It appears that if one wants to use a 9-inch tonearm on an SP10, it had best be one in which the vertical shaft and the pivot are in the same vertical plane, like 99% of the Japanese tonearms of yore. If you are an esthete, like me, you will dislike the assymetry, but I may decide to live with it. I also now understand why a lot of guys use 12-inch tonearms with the SP10.
lewm
We had a 12" Triplanar on the SP10 MkIII at RMAF about two years ago. We might have something like that this year too.

To put it in a cryptic way: The Triplanar and the likes (mounting

flange) are the only 10" tonearms which can be mounted on 9''

plinths.  This means that Triplanar will not fit SP 10 because this

TT does not allow 9'' tonearms.  Triplanar is 9'' qua mounting

despite its 10'' length. The problem or the deviation is the SP

10 not the tonearm.

Yes, it is that square framework for the SP-10 series that causes problems, not the arm per say or the plinth.  VPI arms are another problem where even their 10" version is an awkward fit for reasons explained by Lew.