I whacked the tonearm once off to the side of the rest with the cue lever down.... the stylus hit the edge of the record, then bounced in towards the label. Nice going. It bent the beryllium cantilever off center about 2 degrees. I played it and everything sounded as good as usual, but it disturbed me that the diamond was not tracking as it should per specification.
I called Peter at Soundsmith, he told me don't try to fix something which is not broken as it's still playing. The best way to deal with it would be to twist the cartridge body slightly of axis so that the cantilever would be tracking straight in the grooves. I thought this was a great idea, but the better choice would be to just replace the stylus, which I did. I keep the 'bent' one in stock as a just in case back up.
I called Peter at Soundsmith, he told me don't try to fix something which is not broken as it's still playing. The best way to deal with it would be to twist the cartridge body slightly of axis so that the cantilever would be tracking straight in the grooves. I thought this was a great idea, but the better choice would be to just replace the stylus, which I did. I keep the 'bent' one in stock as a just in case back up.