Frank,
I, for one, am interested. Where are those pics?
Bernie
(M400 #500 - the Golden Tron)
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@a... wrote:
> Anyone here interested in what's going on with #740? This Tron
was
> apparently torn apart way in the past. The owner at the time
decided that the
> headblock wasn't high enough, so he (or she) completely
disassembled the mane frame
> and re ririveted it. The reason I am describing this is because
when they
> reassembled it, they put spacers in between the frame and the
headblock channel,
> raising it about 3/64ths of an inch. This, in turn, put everything
else out of
> adjustment, and caused the owner to abandon the spillbox cover
because the
> tapes kept scraping against it. Later the current owner made a
new spillbox
> cover with weird little spacers underneath it. I just gets
weirderer and
> weirderer.
>
> The good news is, I have become very proficient with my new rivet
gun, and
> have found many new uses for it (excellent for tongue piercing).
Barbells
> out... rivets in (so to speak).
>
> Anyway, if anyone on the list is interested in following along as
I rebuild
> the WORST Smellotron yet. I am shooting annotated photos as I go,
and am happy
> to share my progress.
>
> I am also working on a somewhat less f∗∗∗ed up Tron, as well as
the very
> warped keyboard of a another Tron. Straightening warped keys is a
challenge.
> Since most of what we do on this list is brag or bitch, I though I
would
> share what I'm doing in case there are new owners or others who
might have
> questions about their own machines and want to observe (or
participate with their
> own ideas) in the resurrection of two (+) more Mellotrons.
>
> This one is the most "ground up" job I've undertaken. Thanks to
Martin for
> the Azimuth jobs on the headblocks, and Markus for the SMS 5 cards.
>
> Frank