The Mellotron Group

Hi Mark-

   Congrats, great to hear it's working.  Don't be
afraid to tear it down and clean everything.  Pictures
of the process help immensely, as it did for me.

   My best-
   -Bruce D.


--- Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Have just re attatched the earth cable to the
> headblock and low and behold  one note works, flute
> and choir at least and the whine and hum has gone.
> To
> be honest doesn't sound as good as M-tron just now.
> 
> I am ECSTATIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. However I know it
> still needs to be taken to bits but hearing
> something
> is great encouragement for the many hours of work
> ahead.
> 
> Not bad to get anything out of 40 year old
> instrument
> which has been a hotel for mice for the last 15
> years.
> 
> Many thanks to Frank S for his help so far and to
> everybody else who has offered help and advice.
> 
> Mark
> 
> PS
> Best ever mellotron song, no contest, "She said" on
> BJH live, does everything and played live, no
> layering
> or excessive messing about with the sound. ( unless
> it
> was one of the tracks that they had to overdub
> because
> the tron broke down half way through the concert,
> still a good representation).
> 
> There is  a live recording of Dark now my sky, but I
> haven't heard it, when I saw BJH live in the early
> 70's it was incredible.
> 
> 
>      



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