The Mellotron Group

In a message dated 6/28/2009 2:01:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
astroboy@cinci.rr.com writes:

Can anyone tell me if the M400SM originated from Streetly, or was it a  
soley American variant? I hate the control panel face plate on  it.
Curious in Cincinnati.


 
If the black face is shiney, you should be able to peal the black sticker  
off (it takes a lot of work) and you'll find a regular Mellotron face plate  
underneath. Acetone helps, and it won't damage the silk screened writing on 
the  face plate. I have removed about a half dozen of them. Oddly, the 
control panel  face plate that was on the Black Mellotron was different from the 
others I've  seen and was a cheesy tin piece of crap that currently resides 
in the Fairfax  County dump.
 
Frank  

           
This is what was under  one of those black faceplates. I also removed the 
"gold" inserts  from the knobs and put brushed aluminum ones in to match the  
faceplate. This is for #1334
   
This is the faceplate  that was on 1562 when I first got it. I eventually 
put stock knobs  on it but the face plate itself was in such good shape that 
I left  it in place. It would come off if I wanted to remove it. Notice  
that the labeling for tracks A, B & C are  reversed.
   
If yours looks like  this one, you may be screwed. Markus has some original 
ones  that he might part with. I have a couple but I'm not parting with  
them

 

 





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