Mellotronists

Hello folks

I have just acquired an M400, s/n (IthinK) 955, that actually belongs 
to the School of Music here, but it has been languishing for some 
years in the basement, and they have let me take it away to play with 
it. It works, sort of..., but some notes don't do anything and most 
of the others have a lot of 'wow' and/or sound quite muffled. Might 
it be that the tapes are just too old. A couple have snapped and I do 
have a spare tape frame with the same sounds (I think the standard 
choir/strings/brass), but it looks like a fair bit of work to get it 
going again.

I have had a quiet passion for these machines for many years, since 
listening to all those classic King Crimson/Moody Blues albums thirty 
odd ago and, if I can get it working, have a few silly ideas of doing 
things with it.

Hope I don't have to ask too many really dumb questions

cheers

graham
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Graham McDonald
McDonald Strings
PO Box 365 Jamison ACT Australia 2614
ph +61 2 6251 4372
http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com

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