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Album: The slow restoration of #851.
| Album | Title | Preview | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| The slow restoration of #851. | Ebay photo #1 2008. |  | Wellington, NZ before traveling 18000+ kilometers to Stockholm. Water damaged cabinet refinished beige with a broom. Love it! |
| The slow restoration of #851. | In the jig, courtesy of Ikea. |  | My Stockholm rehearsal space with an old Steinway and some other stuff. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Anyone seen this mod before? |  | Sounds fine but a bit quiet. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | NOS Bulgin socket from ebay with .. |  | split pins for better mains connection. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Before removing original tapes. |  | |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Before restoration. Very smelly.. |  | Taking it apart is easy. Straightening it out and putting it back together is a whole different story.. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Actually rewired but I kept the.. |  | components and some of the wiring for the original look. I also want to keep the renovation reversible if possible. No extra drilled holes etc. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Putting things together for the third.. |  | time and making sure that the tape path is straight. Check out the burn marks on the guide pin board. Managed to straighten it out eventually.. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Managed to pull some of the wiring.. |  | out of the motor by stepping on the cable.. Repairing that was hell. I'm using a special pure leslie oil for the glide bearings. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Original felt. |  | Now replaced with a thinner strip from Frank which makes pad adjustment easier. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | frame #2: vibes, 8 choir, mkII brass |  | #1 has flute, 3 violins, cello. At least 4 more to come. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Be careful when cleaning the brass |  | track selector or the nickel plating will come off. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Assembled (kind of) keyboard. |  | After some experimentation I cleaned the keys with a lightly damp cloth and then with a hard gum eraser. Sanding is far too drastic. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Removing the paint. |  | Very time-consuming.. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | New or replaced stuff from Markus: |  | tapes, rollers, belt, capstan felt, frame springs, pots, some padsprings, sms5 and one replaced head. D';feldt monitors. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Off to the Mellotron factory.. |  | for azimuthing. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Ebay photo #2 2008. |  | Warped lid in almost Wurlitzer beige.. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Adjusting pads for low pressure and.. |  | immediate full sound on all three tracks. Takes forever to adjust.. for me that is. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | New beechwood feet modeled after.. |  | the old twisted and rotten ones. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | painting thumb screws |  | |
| The slow restoration of #851. | New bottom plate |  | |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Off to the paint shop! |  | "Nights in white lacquer, restoration reaching the end.." Sorry for that.. It has been a tough lesson in warping, weather sensitive woods. I'm real nervous about the paint guys screwing it up. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | At last.. |  | Thanks Markus R, Frank S, Jerry K and Martin S for support, parts and inspiration. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | ..in MkVI white |  | |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Awesome paint job |  | |
| The slow restoration of #851. | teflon add-on rollers |  | This is how I tackled the horrible turnbuckle/tape-return housing friction. I wanted MkII-type rollers in my frames but settled for these home made rollers instead. I have it on my five frames and it has worked flawlessly for two years now. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | new stainless steel profile |  | I made some new stainless profiles for experiments with new angles to reduce friction. Didn't want to ruin the old one.. It's much better now but I'm still tweaking.. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Legs for frames |  | I don't like the idea to rest the frames on new and expensive springs so I made these add-on legs. Simple and functional. |
| The slow restoration of #851. | Added support blocks |  |