Mellotronists

>After doing about 12 or so (the ones that were sluggish or sticking) I
>decided to put everything back together and see how it was working.  I
>reassembled and installed the keyboard and found that the tapes were
>playing beautifully on the left side of the keyboard - no wobblies,
>but when I got to the right half of the keyboard, every other key was
>producing no sound.

oo! oo!  I know this one!!!

Do you hear a metal clink if you tap the keys or play them quickly?

Got those metal bars on the underside of the keyboard across the 
pressure pads, the thing that looks like a fence?

With the keyboard in the machine, put your hands on either side of 
the keyboard about where the pressure pads are and bend this 
fence...I forget if it's up toward the keyboard or down toward the 
tapes (I always forget this, and right now I'm too sleepy to go 
check).  That bar often prevents the pressure pad from reaching the 
head, and you get a clink.  Adjust to where it's playable.

Streetly just removes that bar that looks like a fence.  (They prefer 
bars that look more like pubs.)  So if bending it up or down doesn't 
work, try unscrewing it and leaving it off.  I guess it's there as a 
resting bar for the pressure pads, but if it's not bent the right 
way, it can cause exactly what you are experiencing.

...kl...
M400 #805 - oh, as if you're right about this guess...
M400 #1037 - not a chance...

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