Opinion about this cantilever

It'll probably cant right when you drop it into the groove of a spinning record.

faustuss,

So, it appears crooked to you also?

Seller says this is new, never used, so why crooked? 

Either mounted crooked into the suspension, or the suspension became deformed a bit, how?

It's beryllium, not something you want to try and straighten.

Using the groove to get it to play straight would require more force on one side, that wouldn't be good.

Improper anti skate can cause that.

But I spoke with VDH years ago after a rebuild they did for me. The cart came back with a slight miss alignment similar to yours pictured, AJ said don’t worry about it, it will straighten in the grove, nothing to worry about for tracking etc.  It eventually straightened on its own.

IF never used, then improper anti-skate is not the cause.

Aluminum, an alloy, can straighten itself, but not beryllium, that stuff is a shatter waiting to happen.

It’s possible it was made near perfectly, and if never used as seller says, something pressed on the package during storage to cause this, and thus the suspension may re-align itself.

I’ve written the seller, it’s rare, tempting, but it’s the NOS Stylus that is what is desired, so if the suspension stays deformed, 

I could misalign the body, and align the cantilever, supposedly start with equal forces both sides, but that would be correcting for misalignment, 

lets see what response I get.

I just sent the 2 photos to Steve at VAS, to get his reaction.