Hi all, after admiring bang and olufsen products from afar i recently bought a beosystem 5000 in mint condition. After setting it up and feeling very smug about having such a smart looking, and sounding system, my four year old boy thought the aluminium panel on top of the beogram looked so good that he would use it as a race track for his toy cars. Net result is a not so mint system.While it would be quite easy to polish out the scratches, the obvious problem then would be the patternation of the brushed aluminium would be ruined. I was wondering if it would be possible to get the patternation back by using the appropriate grade of emery cloth (metal sandpaper) and a straight edge, obviously covering all the other surfaces before hand.

tough one, unfortunately...

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p.s. welcome to the "NEW" beoworld!

Hi mortmart, and welcome.  In short, you are better off keeping an eye out for another beogram cover, or perhaps a broken beogram that you can switch lids on.  You often see broken beograms or even lids alone on ebay.  In regards to fixing the scratching yourself, one of the major problems as you said is matching the grain.  Emery will put fine scratches in the metal, but it won't blend in with the brushing, especially since you're doing it by hand.  A machine is needed in order to give the brushing its look.  I suppose you could have a good machine shop try to refinish the surface for you and try to match the other surfaces, but as I said in the beginning it's probably easier just to find another lid.  Sorry to disappoint.

Edit: Well look what I just found!  The turntable is broken, so if you win you can just ask him to mail you the lid.  Remember to tell him to pack it very carefully!

http://cgi.ebay.com/B-O-Bang-Olufsen-Beogram-5000-stereo-turntable_W0QQitemZ230320454498

Austin