The Mellotron Group

In a message dated 7/23/2010 11:20:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
d829d@yahoo.com writes:
  

what is a real M4000 ? I will go  look it up
 
The M4000 is a newly developed  cycling Mellotron from Streetly Electronics 
that contains 24 voices and an  additional 16 infinitely blendable voice 
combinations. There is a small dwarf  who is imprisoned in the bottom of the 
cabinet that changes the tape banks  according to the number of shocks that 
are applied to his testicles.  

          
This is the M4000. It  looks much like a standard M-400 on steroids. It is 
taller and  deeper than a standard M-400 to accommodate the  dwarf. 
   
As you can see, there  has been added some buttons and a little display and 
 what-not.
   
When you raise the  lid, you can see inside.
   
The dwarf turns a  crank that pulls the banks of tapes back and  forth.
   
If you look carefully  at the left side of the tape drum, you can see a 
sprocket and some  chain going down to the dwarf who was on his break at the 
time these  photos were taken
   
With the keyboard off,  more questions are raised than answers  provided.
   
Just pretend it's  magic and you'll be fine. That's what I  do.

 

Frank