Our product design is unique, not only beautiful but also practical. This allows for the amount of counter-drag on the tonearm (all tonearms have a natural side-ways momentum), reducing the inclination to 'skip' or 'skate'. The Anti-Skate Weight is attached to a thin fishing wire that hoops onto the rear of most tonearms and hangs over the Anti-Skate Hoop. metal , to use, light weight, easy to carry. This weight works with all current Music Turntables, some previous generation Music turntables and some turntables models.