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charel196 wrote:

I always thought the 4 Track was a step in the rightdirection, with the multichannel heads
and individual outs etc. It would be cool to see someone do a machinelike the J-Tron
appeared to be, merging thebest of Chamberlin and Mellotron technologiestogether 8 or
16 track heads, wider tape...
 Could the 4 Track innards be placed in a wooden cabinet? Thatwould be a nice
instrument and I'm sure quieter than the dangerous Maytag.

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Thanksfor the detailed report from SD,  FS #1.    ClosestI've

been tothe 4-Track since Bob Kinney nervously permitted me

to inspect/playthe powder-blue unit at Bomar in 1981.

To addto Char-El's comments, the 4-Track was conceived by

Bill Eberlineduring the final days of Sound Sales. It was to be

originallya retrofit inside a std. M400 cabinet . Great idea !

The dangerousMaytag concept (helluva concept!)

was BobKinney's idea, in all certainty.

Last timeI personally hung with Bill/Nancy Eberline in their

CornwallCT home in 1980, I presented Bill a miniature 4-Track

model(in wood) to him.  A duplicate still stands atop my Tron

at theM-Ranch.  See attached photo.

Last timeI drove thru that portion of CT along I-84, Bomar's

locationis now called "Martin's Aluminum Gutters and Doors."

Bettersales potential than the four 4-Tracks mfgd. there in '81-'83.

Cheers, --JK --