Mellotronists

Frank,

I, for one, am interested. Where are those pics?

Bernie
(M400 #500 - the Golden Tron)


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@a... wrote:
> 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