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@Dutch_Cheese
Just as you say. Was my first idea, too!
In the 1980's at Gazelle, a similar stem was used for a bike on rollers, to determine the right toptube and stem size for a made to measure bike.
Not that the salesmen had any idea about right bike fitting, but that's another story.