Mellotronists

In a message dated 20/04/2006 18:20:23 GMT Daylight Time,  
tron@... writes:

> As  for the 35 note question I posted a few days ago... thanks for the
>  comments... I still believe that with the new 'Trons coming out...  both
> analog and digital... increasing the keyboard to a full three  octaves,
> is an improvement I'd love to  see.



Dear All,
 
35 notes, probably something to do with capstan length... How long a  capstan 
could you reliably make?
 
Norm