The Mellotron Group

When I first acquired the "Blue Mellotron" it was set up with looped tapes. 
 In the You tube video you can see them. They were crap and I can't imagine 
what  they sounded like, but the guy I acquired it from swore that it 
worked but he  had not tried playing it for years. I had my doubts. I never even 
tried to get  them to work, but I still have the parts in a bin somewhere.
 

 
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/12/2012 3:07:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nickhewitt235@btinternet.com writes:

 
 
 
Chris Dale wrote: "Today, a university music student (who is a big  
Tangerine Dream fan) asked me what model of Mellotron the Loop Mellotron is on  the 
Tangerine Dream albums. 
Is it the T550 or was that not made in the 80's?... as a Novatron?? Does  
anyone know the definitive answer? I asked him to give me a couple of days to 
 find out. The info on the net is far from accurate sometimes. 
Chris - oddly enough, I've been  recently been poking around the 'net, and 
I found out a little more on the  T550 and the mods that TD did in 
converting a 'tron to take tape  loops. 
Firstly, the T550's were built  between 1981 and 1983 and they WERE adapted 
from Novatrons.  Only 3 or 4  were produced and Tangerine Dream bought at 
least 2 of  them. 
They DID attempt to convert one of  their T550's to take a loop of tape, 
but it wasn't a total success, as the  splice could clearly be heard, so TD 
had to adjust their music to hide it. It  has also been stated that TD had a 
Birotron, which uses tape loops, so there's  a possibility it could be that. 
Hope it all  helps. 
Nick