Mellotronists

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@a... wrote:

Any significant improvement on the technology will be expensive as 
hell.

There are a number of inexpensive improvements that could be made 
that should not be expensive.  All Mellotron models have a 
significant level of noise with the signal.  I'm not talking about 
the wobblies or the ambient noise in the recordings. It's the hummmm 
and the hisss.
The noise can be filtered out with a black box or two.  I think that 
small changes in wiring, shielding, grounding and preamp electronics 
could make a big difference.  (No I am not suggesting Dolby!!!).

How about a durable cabinet?... (Like a PA speaker cabinet).  Rubber 
shock mounts for the main-frame?

Effects:  An effects out and in jack on the preamp, with a wet/dry
knob on the control panel.  This way we could all use our favorite
black box and control it from the keyboard.

Clay