Why is the price of new tonearms so high

Hey D.
it was our dear friend: Perrew, asking that CW related question, by (I guess) looking at a dismantled arm pic sans CW, OK :-)

Yes thats true but I was using the picture to argue that the spring would result in zero moment as opposed to the static which uses the CW to hold the needle down, but as I said dont know if this is important.

Dear Axel, I was only refering to the pictures to illustrate a point which is floating around in this thread since a long time.
Something which is here - put on teh web by a source which is VERY different from me - shown for all to see that some less than bright remarks about the construction of the tonearm-designs I. Ikeda made in the late 1970ies are plain wrong and without any support by reality.
Cheers,
D.

Hi D.
please ac you try and answer Perrew's question if you may. Not sure what he is getting at. If there is a CW, it will move, dynamic or static.

Maybe you can answer this more appropriately? (...since Raul is still in bed :-)
Axel

Hi Axel, Pär, - well Pär is on the right track.
The counterweight do act in both modes to balance the tonearm.
In the static mode it additionally determines the VTF.
BUT - and this is the one big point - when the counterweight determines the VTF the tonearm itself is no longer balanced......
Pär's idea with the high school force vectors is leading the way.
The rest is to be added by and when our friend and final authority has finished his breakfast.
Cheers,
D.