Mellotronists

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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: ecclesreinson@...
>  To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
>  Sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:05 PM
>  Subject: [Mellotronists] Moog LP tuning
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>  Did the original minimoog model D need a 15 minute warm up?
>
>  Clay

About an hour to be stable!..... Actually, 15 mins was about right. The 
Prodigy was the same. "Heated Chip Technology" Norlin called it!  When 
you switched the Prodigy on, the pitch would slowly rise for about a 
minute, then swoop down and lock on to onto pitch, and that was 
supposed to be in tune. In reality, pitch drifted for a good 15 minutes 
after the moment of 'locking', but after that was relatively stable.

Our Model D wanders around for a bit then is as solid as a rock, 
although whether that's a Moog characteristic, or a Norm tweak, I have 
no idea!

Cx

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