The Mellotron Group

Who knows. Back in the 70's, studios and stages were filled with smokers. I 
 have no idea where that machine had been, only that it's current owner at 
the  time was a non-smoker. When I rebuild these machines, in nearly every 
case I  remove substantial amounts of tobacco residue. It's disgusting. I use 
a lot of  ammonia and a lot of "Purple Power" when cleaning them.
 
These days all of the nuts, bolts and screws go into an industrial  
ultrasonic cleaner that I purchased. I also use it to clean the key spring and  
pinch rollers as well as the pressure pads. It adds a whole new level to pinch  
roller reconditioning too. Everything comes out all sparkly most of the 
time.  Knocks about 5 hours off the overall time it takes me to restore one of 
these  things. I still clean and polish everything that can't be cleaned in 
the  ultrasonic bath.
 
So the end result is that when they're done they smell good and are  
squeeky-clean.
 
 
In a message dated 4/2/2010 8:01:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
pocotron@yahoo.com writes:

In  what kind of environment was #1342 kept to get that kind of  build-up?