DIY Stylus Guard Help

Very creative cleeds. You can loop masking tape over the cantilever in successive layers. After ten layers or so it will become pretty stiff. 

I don’t think the Denon is going off to be rebuilt.  Read MC. Read.

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A distinction without a difference. Think noob. Think.

Perhaps I was too emphatic.  I would look for something that already exists around my house, a piece of curved plastic for example.  Or that cork would be fine once you've carved it up appropriately.  Then tape it over the stylus assembly using easily removable tape.  Of course, I still would not recommend this for every day use; only where there will be a prolonged period of storage or manipulation.