Hi all-
Another couple of ideas:
1)Maybe more than 35 tape heads increased electronic
noise figures to an unacceptable & audible level.
2)Maybe a longer capstan in the Chamberlin 200
introduced some sort of engineering problem (bending,
more drag, bigger flywheel needed, thicker capstan
needed).
The last idea seems to be moot for later Chamberlin
production. I checked out the Musicmaster 600 on the
Moneypit site, and it has 40 keys on the left manual
(another weird keycount). The 600 capstan therefore
may be longer than that of a MKII.
-Bruce Daily
M400 #1221 (under repair & toothless)
--- Pomeroy Ranch <
punchbowl4@...> wrote:
> It's my understanding that Harry did use other
> instruments (like bass
> clarinet, etc.) to get lower registers of some
> sounds, including the
> flute I believe..
> BTW - the left hand of my M2 Chamberlin only has 25
> notes.
>
> Vance
>
> I really wonder if the number was determined by a
> combination of; 1)the
> size
> of the keyboard that Harry had for his prototype,
> 2)the number of tape
> heads
> he had available, and 3)the range of whatever sound
> he used for his
> first
> experiments.
> Frank
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