Mellotronists

Greetings  KL and gang,

Brian Kehew has a white MK-II #125, which he says is original white
from the factory.  There was a picture of this Tron in my database once.
If I find it, will post to the List.  Check on DK's Website, it may be there
as well.

Cheers,  -JK-

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Ken Leonard wrote:

> At 12:06 AM 4/23/2006, jonesalley wrote:
> >Scratch that M400 remark - that does sound like the front of a Mark II.
> >Sort of a dove grey, perhaps?  Were there any white Mark IIs?  Aren't the FX
> >Consoles light grey?
>
> The FX Consoles for the BBC were gray, but Jimmy's was originally a dull
> black, refinished to a nice black:
>
> http://www.kleonard.com/mellotron/vt0405/fx6u2.htm
> http://www.kleonard.com/mellotron/vt0405/images/mp0504-28.jpg
>
> You can see some gray guys here in Ryso Sekine's Mellotron Room:
>
> http://www.geocities.jp/mellotronics/ryosekine.html
>
> Note that there was an M400 based FX Console as well.
>
> >The mellotron is white.  Has the following controls, above
> >the keyboard, from the left: a 1/4" jack, 3 buttons marked
> >ABC (i'm guessing, each letter cooresponds to a sound on a
> >tape rack)  a set of 6 buttons marked 1-6 (tape banks?), a
> >set of 5 buttons, alternating white/black/white/black/white -
> >can't tell what the black ones are marked, though the white
> >ones are marked ABC.  The center of the instrument has two
> >knobs, one marked rhythm and the other I can't make out (3
> >letters, starts with F).  Over the right manual, from the
> >left, a large black knob, two smaller knobs (reverb and
> >volume) and another set of 6 buttons (though I can't see the
> >6th).
>
> It sounds like a Mark II, although the 1/4" jack is unusual, unless it was
> custom (although you may be mistaking the keyswitch on the left for a 1/4"
> jack...the FX Console has a 1/4" jack on the right).  If it's white, that's
> unusual as well.  I don't know if any came from the factory like that or if
> it has been refinished that way (Streetly refurbished units are sometimes
> painted if the original finish is toast).
>
> Mark II:
>
> http://www.kleonard.com/mellotron/vt0304/pindertron3.htm
>
> The six white buttons are the station select buttons---what causes the
> tapes to shuttle back and forth between sound banks.  The ABC (white) and
> A/MIX/B/MIX/C buttons (white and black) are track select.
>
> Note that the FX Console's switches and knobs are different from the Mark
> II's.  The FX has four sets of ABC track select switches (instead of one
> ABC and two A/AB/B/BC/C switches as in the Mark II), four faders, a master
> fader, and pitch--no reverb.  The FX Console has two split head blocks
> designed to play one track at a time (no mixing adjacent tracks), which is
> why they're all ABC.  The Mark II's left side has a split head block---ABC
> only for the rhythm (you wouldn't normally mix two rhythm tracks), with
> track mixing capability for the 2nd half of the split head block (fills)
> and the whole right keyboard (lead sounds, one head block).  Both the FX
> Console and the Mark II have six stations.
>
> ...kl...
> M400 #805 - one head block
> M400 #1037 - one station
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