I think the MD-10 was like my old MD-1, and if so, it needs a weight on the disc to keep it from flopping around while playing. I don't think a wood weight would be heavy enough to do the job. You might look for manufacturers of top-loaders to see if they use stabilizers; if I remember right, my old Sony SACD player (the original, top loader) had one, so maybe Sony might have some?