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A lot of old electronics get a good coat of nicotine if the item was in a confined area such as a hotel room or studio apartment where someone smoked heavily. I've seen a lot of cabinets that look kind of crappy and dont seem to polish right and that is the trouble. A good scrubdown with Murphy's Oil Soap or a similar cleaner that is safe for wood finishes will take this junk off. Use one of those SLIGHTLY abrasive dish sponges if you want. Your bucket of soap and water will turn brown. Rubber gloves never hurt as this is a nasty job.
After the cleaning you should be able to get a much better result with common furniture polish and a cotton cloth.
As far as scratches they sell liquid scratch cover. Its really nothing but oil stain. If you have some stain a dab of that straight on the scratch will at least hide the scratch. No shine of course. Also furniture stores have scratch cover pens for the delivery men to cover their mistakes. I don't know if they sell them or not.
Just some ideas.........
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