So I shouldn't take them to the dry cleaners?
Bernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> Water. Maybe with a spot of dishwashing liquid, but keep it super-mild. It
> is, after all, only dust. I think it is more likely static build-up. Try
> removing the frames between uses.
>
> Frank
>
> PS. If you want those tapes really clean, use alcohol. Keep rubbing until
> all the oxide comes off.
>
>
> In a message dated 3/11/2013 10:49:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> tron400@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> 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_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) , lsf5275@ wrote:
> >
> > You said it!
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 3/9/2013 4:32:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > tronbros@ writes:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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!
> >
> >
> > M
> >
> > 1963 to 2013 - 50 years of mellotrons
> >
> >
> > _mellotronics.com_ (_http://mellotronics.com/_ (http://mellotronics.com/)
> ) on my iPad
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9 Mar 2013, at 19:43, _lsf5275@_ (mailto:lsf5275@) wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Han-D-Magic
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 3/9/2013 1:59:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > _fourtytwominds@_ (mailto:fourtytwominds@) writes:
> >
> >
> > How are the cycling Mellys demagnetized anyway?
> >
> > -Sean
> >
> > --- In __newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) _
> > (mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ) , "tron400" <tron400@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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) _
> > (mailto:_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
> > all
> > > > 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
> > is
> > > > working right.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In a message dated 3/8/2013 11:48:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > > > tron400@ writes:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for those links, Frank.
> > > >
> > > > Bernie
> > > >
> > > > --- In ___newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:__newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) _
> > (mailto:__newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ) _
> > > > (mailto:__newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) _
> > (mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ) ) , lsf5275@ wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Han-d-mag
> > > > >
> > > > > ____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_) ) )
> > > > > (___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_) ) )
> > > > > (___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:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 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_
> (mailto:__newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ) _
> > > > (mailto:___newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:__newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) _
> > (mailto:__newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ) ) _
> > > > > (mailto:___newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:__newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) _
> > (mailto:__newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ) _
> > > > (mailto:__newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) _
> > (mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ) ) ) , lsf5275@ wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Buy a Man-D-Mag and a humidifier.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In a message dated 3/6/2013 6:54:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > > > > > tron400@ writes:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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
> >
> > > > 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_) ) ) )
> > > > > > (____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
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>