Only time I had to 'play' this weekend was to disassemble, clean and reassemble the Bakelite button style foot pedal. Videos have been immensely valuable! I found out it has 150 disks in the carbon piles, heh. All have been rubbed clean, placed back in the sides of the ceramic block. Copper contacts as well polished clean from carbon buildup. The foot cushions just needed cleaning, thankfully they are not torn/broken. Next I need to get some insulated wire to re-wire it. I also need the neat little rubber stopper (or something) that sits in the hole in the pedal where the wire comes out...it fell off as chunks of dried electrical tape from the last repair. Although I'm dying to try the machine out, it's good for me to go through all these steps to restore the parts, one by one! I'm really loving it.