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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Brass capstan

From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
Date: 2010-09-13

Thanks John & all-
  The brass capstan was just something I had never read much about.  I didn't know they were also employed in the M300.  From the info presented here, it seems only the early models of the M400 had brass capstans, but they were standard on the EMI's.
 
  I won't even ask about the brass tape heads that appeared later....

  My best
  -Bruce D.
 

--- On Fri, 9/10/10, md1jkb <j.k.beresford@shef.ac.uk> wrote:

From: md1jkb <j.k.beresford@shef.ac.uk>
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Brass capstan
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, September 10, 2010, 4:33 AM

 
My M300 has a brass capstan as they all did. It's solid brass and the only wear that shows is a stripey effect were the tapes lie across it although you can't feel it and it doesn't affect adjustment. It's strange they used brass for these as the M300 has the longest unsupported capstan of all trons and can actually deflect if you play a big centred chord on a badly adjusted keyboard. I think it has to be really bad to do this though!
John

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Daily <pocotron@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all-
>    What is the story behind the M400 brass capstan?  Brass is non-magnetic, which would be an advantage.   When was it used, and why was it discontinued?
>  
>    -Bruce Daily
>    #1221
>  
>