Jean, sounds like your keyboard needs adjusting. Please read this for symptoms and adjustment instructions:
http://www.kleonard.com/mellotron/mellotronia/techtalk.htmBernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Casterman Jean <jycasterman@...> wrote:
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> Hi Guys,
>
> I bought a M400 some months ago .it is a refurbished mellotron (with a new tapeframe and the old CMC 10)
> The mellotron works perfectly until last week.
> Here's my problem:
> I don't know why but a lot of tapes/notes (16 notes/tapes per sound bank) gets hung up(jam,crinkle) in the pinchrollers and won't come back out, the tapes wont'fall.
> I cleaned the pinchrollers,capstan,tape heads,pads with isopropyl alchool but the problem is still present and the some tape are a little bit damaged(some creases on the tapes).
> I don't know how can I resolve this problem but it's really tricky....
>
> It' seems it's a comon problem but I don't know what's the cause of this problems ,I have a dry room with a dehumidifier (No more than 53% moisture in my studio)
>
> I feel a little bit helpless to resolve this problem
>
> Thanks for your help and sorry for my bad english
>
>
> Jean
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