| The Black Mellotron | As it arrived |  | The Black Mellotron when I first obtained it |
| The Black Mellotron | As it arrived |  | Not much care taken in painting it. |
| The Black Mellotron | As it arrived |  | Sound Sales had it for an ";update."; |
| The Black Mellotron | As it arrived |  | Pretty messy inside. |
| The Black Mellotron | Cleaning up the cabinet |  | I always paint the inside. |
| The Black Mellotron | Preparing the cabinet |  | Reinstalling the gear |
| The Black Mellotron | Preparing the cabinet |  | Ready for the main frame & keyboard |
| The Black Mellotron | I was only painting the inside |  | Originally I left the back as I found it. Truly awful! |
| The Black Mellotron | Ready to reinstall the components |  | I had to rebuild the floor. |
| The Black Mellotron | Rebuilding the main frame |  | Obviously I rebuilt the entire machine. |
| The Black Mellotron | Finished main frame. |  | Everything done but the keyboard |
| The Black Mellotron | Main frame in the cabinet |  | Temorarily installing the main frame. |
| The Black Mellotron | Keyboard |  | Restored keyboard |
| The Black Mellotron | FInished... round one |  | Completed 386 before further improvements. |
| The Black Mellotron | View of the inside with the SMS-3 |  | SMS-3 |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron gets updated |  | I decided to give it an SMS-5 |
| The Black Mellotron | Black Tron Power supply. |  | Sound Sales had really made a mess of this. |
| The Black Mellotron | Black Tron Power Supply before overhaul |  | Highly modified power supply with non-standard transformer. |
| The Black Mellotron | New Control Panel |  | I replaced the crappy black SS face plate and knobs. |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron...update 2 |  | Back in the cabinet with the SMS-5 installed |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 2 |  | Ready for NEARfest |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 2 |  | View of the SMS-3 |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 2 |  | Mike Visaggio recording Powered By Light with 386 |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 2 |  | The inside |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 3 |  | Completed power supply |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 3 |  | Power supply reinstalled |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 3 |  | Complete 386 with Lexan front and rear panels. |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 3 |  | Out of the cabinet for the third update |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 3 |  | I decided to paint the back of the cabinet |
| The Black Mellotron | 386 gets a make-over 029 |  | |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 3 |  | So then I just repainted the whole cabinet. |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 3 |  | Now I think she really looks sharp |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 3 |  | I';m finally done |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 3 |  | View of clear Lexan panel |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 3 |  | Mellotron back in the cabinewt |
| The Black Mellotron | The Black Tron... update 3 |  | I rewired the power supply again to make it right(er) |
| The Black Mellotron | M400S #386 Leaves For San Francisco |  | I will really miss this one! |