Mellotronists

Hi Frank,
Yeah using the standard method of replacing tapes that are 
already in situ does tend to bugger them up! If you really want to 
preserve them first mark on the station start positions on each 
tape with a china-graph pencil (cycle to each station and mark 
above the heads) then the best way is to remove each tape 
completely in tact onto an empty reel. That means lacing the fresh 
tapes through the turnbuckles from above with something like 
martins "special patent-pocking device" which I'm sure you've 
seen. Bit of a faff really.
John

To:             	Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
From:           	MAinPsych@...
Date sent:      	Fri, 15 Nov 2002 01:05:39 EST
Subject:        	[Mellotronists] MkII tapes

Just an idea...

Something occured to me as I was looking at Ken M.'s pics 
of the MkII tape-changing process that might preserve 
that first station of sounds. Rather than cut the tape 
being changed at the location where you were instructed, 
couldn't the tapes be moved forward, lined up with station 
2's initial transient marks lined up over the heads, and the 
cut measured and made at the back of the rear roller? 
Then with the tapes lined back up to station 1 (with the 
tape being replaced left loose, e.g., not taken up on the 
front roller) the new tape attached to the old (in its 
entirety) could be pulled through. This might add a little 
extra time to the process, but would preserve all six 
stations for possible mounting on a 400 frame. 
Martin/Ken/Bob/Jerry/other MkII owners, what do you 
think? It's late, and I'm tired, but I hope the general 
idea came through.

Frank Samagaio
M400 #908
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