Do you think there would be any added concerns with handling the player?

Just to revisit this topic... I did some calculations;

The smallest in-tolerance pin size is 0.3mm wide by 0,13mm thick. Assuming that only the end of the pin is in contact with the pin below, that gives a contact surface area of 0.039mm^2.
One square inch is 25.4^2 mm^2 or 645.16mm^2. That means we have a contact area of 0.039/645.14 = 6.045x10^-5 square inches per pin. 49 pins are connected, so that gives a total surface area of 0.00296 square inches.

The tensile strength of 63/37 solder is given as 7500 psi. That means that the force required to break the joints is 7500x0.00296 = 22.2lbs, or near exactly 100N.

ie, if you attached a mass to the top chip and turned your empeg upside down then the smallest mass needed to pull the chip off would be 10Kg.

Repeating the calculations for tip only contact with the maximum in-tolerance pin size gives an answer of 46lbs or 210N (21Kg mass).

I don't think we need to worry.