In a message dated 11/24/2007 5:54:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, hessel@soundscape.nl writes:
Once treated as such,will your way of cleaning them avoid any possible attraction of dirt?
Any fluid you use to lubricate pinch rollers will eventually make them worse. The only proper way is to remove the roller, polish the axle, hone out the hub and reassemble. There is nothing on a properly cleaned and restored Mellotron that needs oil except the motor shaft where it passes through the bushings.
Regards,
Frank