Mellotronists

Anyone here interested in what's going on with #740? This Tron was  
apparently torn apart way in the past. The owner at the time decided that the  
headblock wasn't high enough, so he (or she) completely disassembled the mane  frame 
and re ririveted it. The reason I am describing this is because when they  
reassembled it, they put spacers in between the frame and the headblock channel,  
raising it about 3/64ths of an inch. This, in turn, put everything else out of 
 adjustment, and caused the owner to abandon the spillbox cover because the 
tapes  kept scraping against it. Later the current owner made a new spillbox 
cover  with weird little spacers underneath it. I just gets weirderer and 
weirderer. 
 
The good news is, I have become very proficient with my new rivet gun, and  
have found many new uses for it (excellent for tongue piercing). Barbells 
out...  rivets in (so to speak).
 
Anyway, if anyone on the list is interested in following along as I rebuild  
the WORST Smellotron yet. I am shooting annotated photos as I go, and am happy 
 to share my progress.
 
I am also working on a somewhat less f***ed up Tron, as well as the very  
warped keyboard of a another Tron. Straightening warped keys is a  challenge.
Since most of what we do on this list is brag or bitch, I though I would  
share what I'm doing in case there are new owners or others who might have  
questions about their own machines and want to observe (or participate with  their 
own ideas) in the resurrection of two (+) more Mellotrons.
 
This one is the most "ground up" job I've undertaken. Thanks to Martin for  
the Azimuth jobs on the headblocks, and Markus for the SMS 5 cards.
 
Frank