| M400S # 885/674 | The Beginning |  | This machine hasn';t been played in a loooong time. |
| M400S # 885/674 | Poor maintenance! |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Top view |  | You can';t begin to imagine the wiring and electrical problems |
| M400S # 885/674 | Keyboard removed |  | The tapes were no better than the rest of it. |
| M400S # 885/674 | Empty Cabinet |  | After a thorough vacuuming this is what you get |
| M400S # 885/674 | More dirt and sadness |  | This defies description |
| M400S # 885/674 | The Motor |  | It didn';t work at all |
| M400S # 885/674 | View of Power supply |  | Can you imagine putting tapes inside this? |
| M400S # 885/674 | Frame missing rivets |  | One whole side of the frame was missing rivets. I wonder why. |
| M400S # 885/674 | Cabinet wall and floor brace |  | The inelegant solution to a simple problem |
| M400S # 885/674 | Upper Spill Box Brace |  | If you have these in your Tron, replace them with metal brackets |
| M400S # 885/674 | The disassembled Mellotron |  | Now for the details |
| M400S # 885/674 | Keyboard close-up |  | Someone needed to learn how to adjust the keyboard. |
| M400S # 885/674 | The keyboard |  | You can see that this was going to be a fun project |
| M400S # 885/674 | Disassembled keyboard |  | This was the last thing to get attention |
| M400S # 885/674 | Keyboard is built on the Mellotron... |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Installing upper spill box brackets |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Motor ready for installation |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Beginning the power supply clean-up |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Installing cabinet wiring & feet |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | ... one key & one pressure pad at a time |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | New upper spill box brackets |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Repaired cabinet split |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Screwing on the bottom |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Tools of the trade |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | SMS-5, new bearings & capstan installed |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Cabinet interior |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Installing controll panel |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Beginning the cabinet repair |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Keyboard nearly done |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Frame rebuild - tape guides |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Testing the #885/674 with #386 keyboard |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Control panel close-up |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Motor installed to main frame |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Mellotron ready for testing |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Power supply & wiring loom installed |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | These 4 keys nearly made me crazy |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | New floor from Baltic Birch plywood |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Close-up of installed power supply |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Some keys required more drastic measures |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Installing the cross rails |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Cabinet interior painted |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Beginning the frame rebuild |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Mellotron installed to cabinet |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Floor close-up |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Done |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Completed keyboard |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Cabinet with new floor |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Power supply before rewiring |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Top view of Mellotron installation |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Out of place nut ruined the tach head |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | How to wreck a motor |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Waiting for the glue to dry |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Rewired power supply |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | View of lower cabinet interior |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Frozen filthy motor |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Rebuilt motor |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Another view |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Cabinet with cross rails |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Completed power supply |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Beginning the keyboard rebuild |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Cabinet interior |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Drilling the floor |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | IEC Mains Socket |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Basic frame ready to go |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Alligning the spill box |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Main frame awaiting motor |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Properly cleaned and gapped tach head. |  | |
| M400S # 885/674 | Close-up |  | I installed a better PAL plug. |
| M400S # 885/674 | The happy (but exhausted) owner |  | I wasn';t allowed to refinish the exterior |