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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] #1565 The A below middle C has landed

From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
Date: 2008-03-22

Hi Mark-

Congrats, great to hear it's working. Don't be
afraid to tear it down and clean everything. Pictures
of the process help immensely, as it did for me.

My best-
-Bruce D.


--- Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Have just re attatched the earth cable to the
> headblock and low and behold one note works, flute
> and choir at least and the whine and hum has gone.
> To
> be honest doesn't sound as good as M-tron just now.
>
> I am ECSTATIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. However I know it
> still needs to be taken to bits but hearing
> something
> is great encouragement for the many hours of work
> ahead.
>
> Not bad to get anything out of 40 year old
> instrument
> which has been a hotel for mice for the last 15
> years.
>
> Many thanks to Frank S for his help so far and to
> everybody else who has offered help and advice.
>
> Mark
>
> PS
> Best ever mellotron song, no contest, "She said" on
> BJH live, does everything and played live, no
> layering
> or excessive messing about with the sound. ( unless
> it
> was one of the tracks that they had to overdub
> because
> the tron broke down half way through the concert,
> still a good representation).
>
> There is a live recording of Dark now my sky, but I
> haven't heard it, when I saw BJH live in the early
> 70's it was incredible.
>
>
>



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