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On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com> wrote:Serial number 47? Are there 46 others out there? (That would mean there were more PEGs than Mk Vs, no?)On 6 May 2013 22:04, tronbros <tronbros@aol.com> wrote:PEG was developed with the BBC. They never took the number of units they indicated. John knows a lot more than me but the heart of the system was a clever, self lacing tape cartridge that Streetly perfected. Another work of engineering excellence that never brought the rewards.
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "tron400" <tron400@...> wrote:
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> http://m.matrixsynth.com/2013/05/rare-bbc-1967-mellotron-peg-programme.html#more
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> Bernie
There's a couple of discrepancies I've noticed. Firstly, the text says that the PEG was developed for the BBC, yet a press cutting says that the one in the picture is with London Weekend Television (presumably att their Wembley studios)
Secondly, the makers plate says "220 - 240V, 60 cycles, though the '60 cycles' looks like an overlaid label. 220V is the standard voltage for most of Mainland Europe, whereas the U.K. was and still is 240V. Both are at 50 cycles (per second), whereas the USA is 60 cycles, but they are only 115V. An explanation. please.
Streetly took their name from a village north of Birmingham, west of Sutton Coldfield. I thought Streetly was JUST in Staffordshire, or were there boundary changes?
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Mike Dickson, Edinburgh