Mellotronists

If anyone is thinking of giving theirs a facelift, I've posted some 
pix in Photo section. All in all this one was still in pretty good 
shape structurally. The only really bad part was on the back just 
above the acess panel where the plywood had seperated and a piece 
was wedged above the lower lip behind the paint.  After carefully 
chiseling out the bad section, found it to be only one layer, so the 
scrap wood bin came in handy after cutting a layer and gluing it in 
place.  The other issue were the feet.  The left side had both 
eyelets broken from mounting plate.  Of course the amp was in the 
way.  These will be tack welded back on.  The hardest part was block 
sanding the old paint where the grain of the wood has left 
crevices.  By the time it got smoothed out, most of the original 
finish was gone.  To prevent this from occuring again, I used Mar-
Hyde epoxy primer, which is mixed in 3 parts, when it sets it is 
really tough.  After blocking the primer I applied DuPont sealer
(straight from can) which will prevent the paint from getting sucked 
in to the wood as it dries.  The finish will be Krylon Antique White 
Satin which is as close as I could find to original color. 
The transport assembly seems to be in good shape and all fasteners 
were still tight.  A lot of cleaning especially to the aluminum 
pieces.  Motor still in good shape, no abnormal wear to the brushes 
or commutator.  All plugs and connectors still clean.  Should be 
done in a couple of weeks.  One thing that amazed me is the serial 
number is everywhere, the cabinet, top keyboard end pieces, 
transport and front and rear acess doors, and I'm not painting over 
them.  By the way Jerry, no mice in this one either!  Doug