Fairlight-CMI

Dear fellow fairlighters,


Basically I have already answered the following question for myself, but I
would like to hear your opinions on the topic anyway.

As you may know the Al Jourgenssen Fairlight was heavily 'painted' on by
its users. This caused many to dismiss the unit as 'defaced'. Well, I have
a surprise for you... All the paint, so far, is water soluble.

Al apparently was no fool indeed when the sample names were written on the
keys. Some sort of erasable pen was used in various colors. It can be
removed, with some effort, using nothing but distilled water.

Now, the keyboard is filthy. yes I believe filthy is the right word, so I
have started to clean some keys, carefully trying not to remove any sample
names. However, I believe the charm and character of this particular board
lies in its obvious 'usedness'. I have thus decided not to clean the
keyboard any further, also because I have other controller keyboards for
the Fairlight system unit.

Now, the system unit has 'markings' of a different kind. Folklore has it
that 'some sort of liquid' (vomit) ended up on the system unit. I can
confirm that there are splashed drops of some sort on the unit. Next
question arises: what to do with the drops ? wipe them clean or keep the
story alive ?

Your opinions please !

Regards,
Harald