You can use Goo Gone to remove the tape residue and it won't hurt the part. 
I bought some at Walmart and it really does the job even got gum out of my 
kids hair. Jackie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Rubin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 8:08 PM
Subject: [Phono-L] tape residue


> Greetings, everyone.  I just picked up a nice old Victrola, in which 
> someone had duct taped the tone arm down at some point to keep it (I 
> assume) from swinging around.  They left the tape on for many years, and 
> though it has since been removed, there is a wide band of tape residue on 
> the arm.  Naturally, I'm looking to remove this residue while preserving 
> the arm's original finish.  What is the best and/or easiest way of doing 
> so?  Thanks in adance for your ideas.
>
> --RR
>
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