I guess the easiest way to put this to rest: The hands control where the body goes, or else the Body controls where the hands go.
How bout the brain controls where the Hands go. And the brain controls where the Pivot goes in accordance with the requirements of the Hands. And they dont go the same way necessarily.
Come on, we humans can do this. I bet you can do a mean right arm pickup while you drink a beer and turn your body, say to change channels on your TV.