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Markus Resch wrote:

 Hi! I amsorry, JK, but you make it sound like tapes from Mellotron Archives don'twork in the old frames. This is not the case. We'vesold hundreds and hundreds of tapes for old tape frames since 1990 andthe customers have been pleased with the option to shorten the tapes toca 7 seconds (like most of the old frames) or put in a bit more tape (likeÄnglagård for instance).Like I said, in the new frames you canput in even more tape length.

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Markus,   There is a big difference between "don't work"and "don't
work properly" .   If your customers install  thelonger MA tapes in
the old frames without proper adjustments (which I personally saw
in three instances) ,  of course they won't return properly. But this is
a situation caused by the end-user  only, not the supplierof tapes.

In your own words, "Longer tapes make both old and new frames
a bit less convenient to handle, so it's basically up to the userto decide."

Enough said about this topic.

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  Making tapes for old frames was the main thingwhen David Kean started out in 1990, making tapes for old and neglectedmachines, resurrecting them when nobody else was doing this. Best , Markus

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We all know the history of MA very well, Markus.  I too possess
Dave's videotapes of 1991-1992 and M400 manual ,along with OEM and
new (SMS4MR) parts supplied by DK from 1997-1998 .  Dave Keanfollowed
in the footsteps of entrepreneurs like Bill Eberline and his colleagues
in the USA of  1976-1986 .   I spent many,many hoursvisiting Sound Sales'
operations long ago and sharing dinners/beers with Bill/Nancy intheir
home multiple occasions.  If my life path had taken a differentdirection in
1989, it easily could have been "JK"  instead of DK to reviveMellotron
interest in the USA and elsewhere .   But history cannotbe rewritten .
It is what it is.....
 

It is good for Mellotrons worldwide that more people choose to resurrect
and build them in recent years. Product improvement, exchange ofideas/tech-tips
such as  this List, etc.  While MA and Streetly are consideredcompetitors
business-wise, both organizations are following their own paths for the
same goal.  To ensure the Mellotron's future in this new century.

Viva Mellotron !          -- Jerry Korb at the Mellotron Ranch