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--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@a... wrote:

Any significant improvement on the technology will be expensive as
hell.

There are a number of inexpensive improvements that could be made
that should not be expensive. All Mellotron models have a
significant level of noise with the signal. I'm not talking about
the wobblies or the ambient noise in the recordings. It's the hummmm
and the hisss.
The noise can be filtered out with a black box or two. I think that
small changes in wiring, shielding, grounding and preamp electronics
could make a big difference. (No I am not suggesting Dolby!!!).

How about a durable cabinet?... (Like a PA speaker cabinet). Rubber
shock mounts for the main-frame?

Effects: An effects out and in jack on the preamp, with a wet/dry
knob on the control panel. This way we could all use our favorite
black box and control it from the keyboard.

Clay