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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] tuning

From: Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta.com>
Date: 2008-06-28


On Jun 27, 2008, at 8:41 PM, john barrick wrote:

I cannot, no matter what I do, get the outer ring of strobe dots to 
freeze. I can get the tron in tune by ear, but neither ring of dots is 
anywhere near a freeze speed at that point. I think I'm going to pull 
it out of the cabinet, check the tach head and then belt tension and 
start all over again. Don't know what else to do.
johnb
1407

You need (and you have to imagine the trumpet fanfare here) the other JB, meaning John Bradley, who very likely had something to do with the building of your mellotron. Only he can tell you EXACTLY what's wrong and how to fix it. Usually this involves a ball peen hammer and a cold steel chisel, but in your case, it might be something less drastic.