@lewm 

we have forced air for heat and ac, our house is dustier than most everywhere. Even in cleaner setups, like my prior setups with radiators (gate house built in 1886) the arms pivots, fine surfaces, .... anything carefully made deserves protection IMO. Not to mention cat hair.

Dust is something that must be managed that is for sure.  When Ben & Jerry, my much missed Maine Coon cats were still amongst the living, there is no question dust was more of an issue for me than now.  Our NH house, built in 1954, is also much dustier than our FL house.  I purchased a very large air purifier for NH, which will get installed when we go back up next month.  Elliott is correct, though, I should be more attentive about my dust covers.  I'll try to do better.  BTW, before I forget, we will be stopping at VPI and VAS on our way North and I'll post a note here on the date in case anyone wants to meet there.  It will be first week of May if all goes well.

Not only do I miss Ben and Jerry, but I also miss Vanilla Toffee Crunch in particular.

Sorry about that, above. I’m having trouble posting a pic, but it was a Pioneer St-4 with a Pritchard wooden tonearm.