The second section, however, got the, I would say, equally-appreciated version where one of the string attachments broke

A colleague I co-taught into physics with last semester quickly threw something like this together for one of our class meetings and it went impressively smooth... for the 1st section....

Here's your video.
I'm a big fan, but may exchange it for a different, more spread out layout. I'd prefer one with more room and the cursor keys and the del home end etc keys between the numpad and the standard keys