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Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Black Mellotron

From: "John Wright" <john.wright@consona.com>
Date: 2009-06-30

You can adjust the pressure pads and rollers to eliminate the "wobblies"  The procedure is on this board. 

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of DaSwans
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:33 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Black Mellotron

--- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com, Rick Blechta <rick@...> wrote:

>
>
> On Jun 30, 2009,
at 1:27 PM, john barrick wrote:
>
> > Was gonna say that one
look like it got dropped, or sat on by
> > something
> >
really heavy. While we're at it, the power supply looks a bit
> >
suspect also.
>
> Having been around one of these that was dropped
and looked in
> surprisingly similar shape, it's my guess that the whole
inner frame
> might well be out of square, and that is a MAJOR
problem.
>
> I'd stay away from this puppy at $3000!
>
> Rick
>
The one I bought this weekend looks like it might have taken a face plant at some point (the front corners in front of the keyboard area are a little flattened) but I'm not complaining. It seems to play fine and everything works. And it didn't cost me $3000.

I probably got took anyway. But again I'm not complaining. I've finally got a tron and I'm having a blast with it. Looks complete with the exception of the missing spill box lid. It is a CMC-10, but so far so good. Sounds like a mellotron, warble and all.