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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Q: How to clean ARP 2600 sliders

2002-07-23 by Tom Moravansky

> > almost to their former glory.  NOW THESE ARE BRITTLE!!!  Watch when 
> > you are diassembling them as the metal tabs tent to snap off, and 
> 
> This is what I am most worried about
> are the brittle fold over tabs.  
> 
> Is there and other way to clean the inside
> without folding the tabs up?
> 

No, he's talking about the Odyssey 'C' clamps on the ends of the sliders.
Those don't take much abuse at all.  The standard foldover tabs seem to
be able to handle a couple bends w/o breaking (at least I've never had a
foldover tab break off)
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Tom Moravansky                                    tom@...

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