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tron@... wrote:

Streetly have just adjusted the azimtuth on #996for me. I thought it
sounded fine before, but the difference this has made is quite striking.

I was forever adjusting the pad touch or angle on about three keys when
it seems that all along it's the head that's the issue, not the pador
the tape. If you have any perenially 'difficult' notes then it mightbe
worth having a look at the azimuth adjustment.

Has anyone else tried the same thing?

Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics

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Greetings Mike and gang,    You can actually see thedifference
with azimuth-adjusted headblocks from MS/JB .   Especiallyon
the MK-II models. Rotated a few degrees anti-clockwise.

This in combination with even pad surface and pad angle,
will yield a sound that "jumps" out of the keyboard.
General rule of thumb is contact pad angle of 8 degrees upward
with the long pads, and 8 degrees downward with the short pads.

However, with Mellotrons, nothing is written in stone. Pindertron#2
here at the M-Ranch has an unusually high angle for pad arm mountingbars.
All short pads (even numbers 2 thru 34 ) , had to be readjustedto provide
level contact surface  with pad-tape-head .

Older pads which "look OK" may not be. If cupped from age/use,
sound will be uneven on one or all tracks.  Ken Leonard andI encountered
an M400 here which had something resembling "Brillo" scouring pads
glued-on.   Sound was NOT clean, pun intended.

Hope this helps............EEEECH  !! I'm being attacked bythe killer azimuths!

-- Jerry Korb