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Subject: Re: hi everyone! + oiling the tron?

From: "ceccles_ca" <ecclesreinson@...>
Date: 2007-05-12

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Bondage Master
ignacionietocarvajal@...> wrote:
I have been oiling my 'tron in the past but never quite sure if I'm
doing it well.

I would not oil it. You should be able to play your new mellotron for
the next 20 years without oiling.

I have never used lubricant on reel to reel tape recorders or any
other mag tape machine.

Clay
MK VI #019

P.S. Dr. Jerry (the Proctologist) may recommend lubricant, but that's
another story.