The Mellotron Group

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> Hi folks,
>
> now something more serious, unfortunatly.
> During the last gig, or to be precise, before the concert, one of the
> speakers crashed into
> the direction of my keyboards, hitting the left front side of the
> M400. At first glance
> everything was OK, but at the soundcheck I recognized that the volume
> knob was a bit
> »stiff« and didn't worked at all. I mean, there was still a signal,
> and with the volume pedal
> I was able to control the volume. But today back in the rehearsing
> room the signal slowly
> faded away, came back for a moment, than nothing.
>
> Short question: can someone tell me the technical specifications of
> the potentiometer (or
> »pot« as it seems to be nearly the same word as in German...) behind
> the volume knob? Is
> it hard to find? Some strange British 1960's part, nowadays hard to
> find? (I hope not).
>
> And by the way, anyone selling spare parts as the original ON/OFF-knob
> or track-selector
> (my one is a bit damaged and it's a bit of struggle to get the right
> track position...).
>
> And how much is the price for the new recorded 5-track (or 6 track???)
> tapes from
> Streetly? The Euro—Pound exchange rate is nice for us here in Euroland :-)
>
> Thanks for help in advance!
> Thomas
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