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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Various topics
From: kenmerb@...
Date: 2002-11-19
In a message dated 11/19/2002 2:30:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, gene@... writes:
Magnetic fields from other instruments?
In the process I find that there
are certain instruments that when placed upon my creaky old Hammond cause a
nasty hum to come out the Leslie. I have tracked this down to the location
of the mains transformer in the offending instrument relative to the drawbar
matching transformer in the Hammond.
When I first got my MKII, Ken L and I were taking her through the paces, while I had Martin Smith on the phone, giving me instructions. Any time I came close to the MKII, there was a loud, annoying hum that came out of the speakers. Ken L could go near it and no hum. Talk about rejection - it was almost as if #247 was allergic to Merbler (or maybe my magnetic personality was having an effect). We soon discovered that the cordless phone I was holding was causing the hum whenever I came near.
Currently I am having another preplexing problem which is proving much harder to solve. Seems that #247 is now making a loud "popping" sound whenever I play multiple notes, bank #1 only, RH side only. It's almost as if it's rejecting my choice of sounds on that bank ;-). This is causing despair on both sides of the Atlantic at the moment. Brilliant solutions are welcome.
Ken M.