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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Tape guide

From: NormLeete@aol.com
Date: 2007-12-03

In a message dated 03/12/2007 00:35:28 GMT Standard Time, rick@rickblechta.com writes:
Any of you ever had this on a tron: mechanical whine when playing a key?The pinchroller of the key is rolling perfectly,and the tape makes no contact with the tape guides,as far as I can tell.This mechanical artifact comes thru on the audio output for some reason.Any ideas?
My old EMI used to squeak on one note. This was caused by the pad arm being bent incorrectly or by a gorilla adjusting it.
 
Squeak was removed during the Streetly rebuild along with a whole load of other problems.
 
I wonder what happened to that machine...
 
Norm