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Markus Resch wrote:

>  Hi! I am sorry, JK, but you make it sound like tapes from Mellotron Archives
> don't work in the old frames. This is not the case. We've sold hundreds and
> hundreds of tapes for old tape frames since 1990 and the customers have been
> pleased with the option to shorten the tapes to ca 7 seconds (like most of the
> old frames) or put in a bit more tape (like \ufffdnglag\ufffdrd for instance).Like I
> said, in the new frames you can put in even more tape length.
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> Markus,   There is a big difference between "don't work" and "don't
> work properly" .   If your customers install  the longer MA tapes in
> the old frames without proper adjustments (which I personally saw
> in three instances) ,  of course they won't return properly.  But this is
> a situation caused by the end-user  only, not the supplier of tapes.
>
> In your own words, "Longer tapes make both old and new frames
> a bit less convenient to handle, so it's basically up to the user to decide."
>
> Enough said about this topic.
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>   Making tapes for old frames was the main thing when David Kean started out
> in 1990, making tapes for old and neglected machines, resurrecting them when
> nobody else was doing this. Best  , Markus
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> We all know the history of MA very well, Markus.  I too possess
> Dave's videotapes of 1991-1992 and M400 manual ,along with OEM  and
> new (SMS4MR) parts supplied by DK from 1997-1998 .  Dave Kean followed
> in the footsteps of entrepreneurs like Bill Eberline and his colleagues
> in the USA of  1976-1986 .   I spent many,many hours visiting Sound Sales'
> operations long ago and sharing dinners/beers with Bill/Nancy in their
> home multiple occasions.  If my life path had taken a different direction in
> 1989, it easily could have been "JK"  instead of DK to revive Mellotron
> interest in the USA and elsewhere .   But history cannot be rewritten .
> It is what it is.....
>
>
> It is good for Mellotrons worldwide that more people choose to resurrect
> and build them in recent years. Product improvement, exchange of
> ideas/tech-tips
> such as  this List, etc.  While MA and Streetly are considered competitors
> business-wise, both organizations are following their own  paths for the
> same goal.  To ensure the Mellotron's future in this new century .
>
> Viva Mellotron !           -- Jerry Korb at the Mellotron Ranch