Mellotronists

Jon Salley wrote:

>   Screeching cable rotExplain, please.

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Hello Jon and everybody,

KL just coined a fantastic phrase ! Screeching-Cable-Rot
occurs with either an intermittent connection at the moulded
headblock plug to the preamp, or faulty 1/4" phone jack
connection on lower-right for foot-pedal.

JB always replaced the moulded plug with nice alum.
equivalent. The actual name for these connectors is
"Belling-Lee" and still used in the UK for UHF television
connections. These are seen in every Mellotron,
and abound in MK1/2 models.

Worst manifestation of "SCR" is reception of radio
signals,which can actually magnetise the heads in left
unchecked. The headblock is a wonderful device to
search for RF, if ever the Arecibo-Dish goes bad,
we can attach  EVERY Mellotron headblock together
for a "Very Large Array" , and listen for prime numbers.

Hope this helps, JS.    --Jerry Korb--

At 04:44 PM 2/11/2003 -0600, JS wrote:
>Screeching cable rot
>
>
>Explain, please.

Did you miss the URL?

http://www.kleonard.com/gear/tronecdo.htm

It's on that page.

...kl...M400 #805 - for all your Mellotron afflictions...

* Ken Leonard - Web Table of Contents:  http://www.kleonard.com
* Get Outdoors New England:  http://www.GONewEngland.org
** KLTunes airplay coming up on "The Greatest Show From Earth"
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>Worst manifestation of "SCR" is reception of radio
>signals

ooo, yeah, that, too...Been there.

Also if you're running the SMS-4 motor controller you may want to check 
Dave Kean's mellotron.com site for the mod for it---getting rid of a 60Hz 
hum by grounding one wire.  That is if you don't have "screeching cable 
rot" and are just experiencing that damn hum.

...kl...M400 #805 - your greatest hits of the 60s and 70s station


* Ken Leonard - Web Table of Contents:  http://www.kleonard.com
* Get Outdoors New England:  http://www.GONewEngland.org
** KLTunes airplay coming up on "The Greatest Show From Earth"
** See http://teltan.mrwebmedia.com/ for info & webcast!

martin, can I have "screeching cable rot" in my next frame please, with the 
cats and.... 300A again, I think. 
strings in the middle, though but.
(and where's woolly got to?)

and isn't somebody going to welcome don and ask him his serial number? how 
will we persuade him to unmothball his 400 and start enjoying it again if we 
ignore him?
don (the new one, don), welcome to the asylum.

duncan/r.m.i./400nr1098