I bought mine used and it did not have a finger lift. The brochure pictures of the arm did not show a finger lift. I think the designer wanted to remove any resonances that may be created by having a finger lift.
I cannot help with the tonearm cue problem. Maybe you can add silicone damping fluid if you are able to open this up. Another possibility is to find another tonearm cue device with the same diameter as the old one. I remember a website in Japan that sold some cueing devices. I can check to see if I bookmarked this if you are interested.
I cannot help with the tonearm cue problem. Maybe you can add silicone damping fluid if you are able to open this up. Another possibility is to find another tonearm cue device with the same diameter as the old one. I remember a website in Japan that sold some cueing devices. I can check to see if I bookmarked this if you are interested.