Mellotronists

Hi all,

I am in the midst or restoring two mellotron 400s from the ground up and of 
preparing a total of three to be used by Anglagard at NEARfest at the end of 
June. One thing I did was to send the headblocks back to Streetly to have the 
Azimuths reset while I was tearing the other machines apart for complete 
overhauls. A HUGE improvent in sound quality resulted. I highly recommend this. It 
was simple to do, the turn around was only a day or two and they were back. If 
you think your Mellotron sounds good now and you have never had the azimuth 
adjusted, your'e missing out.

If you wonder why you can't get your machine to sound as pure and clear as it 
should, this is probably a big part of the reason. As you all may know, 
Martin Smith is the main flunky at Streetly when you contact them (just kidding, 
Martin, if you see this). His help has been immeasurable (well, it is 
measurable, but it's way up there, I assure you).

Last of all, I have a complete set of photos of the work in progress if 
anyone has interest. Please email me directly.

Also, you can contact Martin at TronBros @ aol.com or go to the Steetly 
website:
http://www.members.aol.com/tronbros/index.htm

Or you can get his phone number off of the website and phone him. It has been 
my experience that he loves to be telephoned right at dinner time or in the 
evening after he's knocked a few back at the local pub (he is most vulnerable 
at this time). So remember the time differential when phoning.

Frank Stickle
Mellotron 400SM #1562 (and currently restoring M400S # 1463 and 400SM # 1334)