The original design had a rewind mechanism identical to a Chamberlin M-1 (e.g., reverse spinning "capstan" - shown one of the Mellotron Archives' videos). By the time I tried out the J-Tron, this had been modified to use a more efficient spring-loaded wheel that Justin said he wanted to further refine.
Frank Samagaio
San Diego CA
In a message dated 1/22/2008 9:11:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, markpringnz@yahoo.com writes:
Lovely looking instrument, does anybody know how the
tapes are rewound?
Mark