Abstract: A cleaning device, for the removal of contaminants from the grooves of gramophone records, is of the kind having a rod-like scouring element adapted to pass down into the groove at least partially towards the base of the groove, a reservoir for supplying cleansing liquid to the scouring element, and means for supporting the scouring element in relation to a rotating record, the scouring element being resiliently bendable and/or the supporting means providing resilient support of the scouring element. A supporting means is so arranged that the longitudinal axis of the scouring element may lie in a plane which is substantially normal to the groove radius at the point of contact, and with the longitudinal axis of the scouring element forming less than a right angle, preferably within the range 30.degree. to 45.degree. and most preferably approximately 35.degree., with the plane of the record downstream of the point of contact, i.e.