Hi Bitsa,
Give the missus 50p / centimes & send her out to the flicks...
Get 2 of her best teaspoons, and put them opposite sides under the head of the needle, and gently pry the needle up. It'll come with a ping... but all should be well. Recently restored 4 instruments this way, no hiccups.
As for servicing the dashpots .... I guess drop kent400 a line.
Or try here, tho' I'm having probs accessing this site from Brunei @ the mo...
http://www.cb750faces.com/cb750faces.nl/en/ I personally never tackled these, but rather cautiously cleaned up what I could with ear bud / brake cleaning spray & then lubed the obvious bits with sewing machine oil. Happy so far..
Good luck.
Simon