I'm beginning to think that the backs of the tapes that were bunching up in my M4oo are dirty. I hadn't cleaned the pinch rollers since I installed them a couple of years ago and I've been using the same frame for several weeks. It looks like the backs of the tapes were sticking to the pinch rollers. After cleaning the pinch rollers, heads and capstan, the tapes were still bunching up, so I tried a different frame. No bunching at all. Do tapes need to be cleaned every so often? What do you use to clean them?
Bernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> You said it!
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> In a message dated 3/9/2013 4:32:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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> We have never demagged the prototype M4000 in 5 years. It gets turned on
> daily and the tapes are as fresh as the day we installed them. Demagging is
> not something you have to do in years unless you unplug the headblock and
> forget to shortout the audio box socket or have some major malfunction. DON'T
> PANIC!
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> 1963 to 2013 - 50 years of mellotrons
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> _mellotronics.com_ (http://mellotronics.com/) on my iPad
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> On 9 Mar 2013, at 19:43, _lsf5275@..._ (mailto:lsf5275@...) wrote:
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> Han-D-Magic
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> In a message dated 3/9/2013 1:59:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> _fourtytwominds@..._ (mailto:fourtytwominds@...) writes:
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> How are the cycling Mellys demagnetized anyway?
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> -Sean
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> --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) , "tron400" <tron400@> wrote:
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> > So it's probably not safe for general use on a cycling machine or a
> pacemaker?
> >
> > Bernie
> >
> > --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) , lsf5275@ wrote:
> > >
> > > Bernie, with a Han-D-Mag you can de-mag a headblock in a minute or
> two. But
> > > that thing is not to be trifled with. It will do all kinds of cool
> things
> > > but can really fuck up your shit. Get your tapes out of the room. Do
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> > > the heads at once... Power on... slowly sweep from head to head...
> move the
> > > HCM away and unplug.
> > >
> > > The magnetometer is the thing. It lets you know for sure if or where
> you
> > > have problems, and it lets you know if you solved them. No guessing.
> > >
> > > Later you might want to get the Han-D-Mallet... for when nothing else
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> > > working right.
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> > >
> > > In a message dated 3/8/2013 11:48:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > > tron400@ writes:
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> > > Thanks for those links, Frank.
> > >
> > > Bernie
> > >
> > > --- In __newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) _
> > > (mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ) , lsf5275@ wrote:
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> > > > Han-d-mag
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> > > > ___http://usrecordingmedia.com/handmagdebyr.html___
> (http://usrecordingmedia.com/handmagdebyr.html__)
> > > (_http://usrecordingmedia.com/handmagdebyr.html__
> (http://usrecordingmedia.com/handmagdebyr.html_) )
> > > > (__http://usrecordingmedia.com/handmagdebyr.html__
> (http://usrecordingmedia.com/handmagdebyr.html_)
> > > (_http://usrecordingmedia.com/handmagdebyr.html_
> (http://usrecordingmedia.com/handmagdebyr.html) ) )
> > > >
> > > > Getting a good magnetometer is a good idea. I find mine to be
> > > indispensable
> > > >
> > > > ___http://www.rbannis.com/products/handmags.html___
> (http://www.rbannis.com/products/handmags.html__)
> > > (_http://www.rbannis.com/products/handmags.html__
> (http://www.rbannis.com/products/handmags.html_) )
> > > > (__http://www.rbannis.com/products/handmags.html__
> (http://www.rbannis.com/products/handmags.html_)
> > > (_http://www.rbannis.com/products/handmags.html_
> (http://www.rbannis.com/products/handmags.html) ) )
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In a message dated 3/6/2013 12:33:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > > > tron400@ writes:
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> > > > Hey Frank, when I do a search on Man-D-Mag, I just get hits on Mad
> > > > Magazine.
> > > >
> > > > Bernie
> > > >
> > > > --- In ___newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:__newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) _
> > > (mailto:__newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
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> > > > (mailto:__newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
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> > > (mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ) ) , lsf5275@ wrote:
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> > > > > Buy a Man-D-Mag and a humidifier.
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> > > > > In a message dated 3/6/2013 6:54:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > > > > tron400@ writes:
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> > > > >
> > > > > Well, not just M400's.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yesterday, after turning mine on and letting it warm up, I did the
> arm
> > > > > across the keyboard trick to the end of the tapes and 3 of them
> didn't
> > > > return.
> > > > > I had to remove the keyboard to release them (loosening the pinch
> > > roller
> > > > > and pad didn't do it).
> > > > >
> > > > > I played with one of the keys until the tape wouldn't return, even
> > > after
> > > > > removing the keyboard. The tape had bunched up in front of the
> > > capstan.
> > > > When
> > > > > I unbunched it, I found that a small tape loop had gotten in
> between
> > > the
> > > > > capstan and the long felt pad in front of the capstan. The tape
> > > decided
> > > > to
> > > > > take this route instead of going into the spill box. Static? The
> room
> > > is
> > > > > pretty dry with forced air heat.
> > > > >
> > > > > I haven't ever demagged the heads or capstan. Does that sound like
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> > > what
> > > > > needs to be done? I have an old fashioned head demagnetizer (this
> > > kind:
> > > > > ____http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg____
> (http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg___)
> > > (_http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg___
> (http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg__) )
> > > > (__http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg___
> (http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg__)
> > > (_http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg__
> (http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg_) ) )
> > > > > (___http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg___
> (http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg__)
> > > (_http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg__
> (http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg_) )
> > > > (__http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg__
> (http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg_)
> > > (_http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg_
> (http://www.splicit.com/images/Demagnetizer2.jpg) ) ) ) ), but I'm not sure it will work on the
> > > > capstan.
> > > > > Suggestions?
> > > > >
> > > > > Bernie
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