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Mellotrons and tape

2002-10-29 by tronbros@aol.com

Dear All,

JB and myself have been tireless supporters of the original EMI tape used in 
Mellotrons by Streetly.  This stock had and still has the best drive 
characteristics of all formulations.  It will stabilise a machine that isn't 
in the best shape and reduce wobblies significantly.  The good news is that 
after a dearth of this tape for the past five years we now have genuine EMI 
stock available in 3/8" format.  

So here's the deal..........
We are offering a tape amnesty.  Send us the old middle C from your 
troublesome tapes and we'll replace the full set at half price(plus p+p) on 
original EMI stock. You can even change the selection.  Please quote your 
machine serial number when ordering.  Thanks.  

Best,

Martin and JB

<A HREF="http://www.members.aol.com/tronbros/index.htm">Streetly Electronics - all things MELLOTRONIC</A> - click this link..........

US East Coast Agent: Jimmy Moore - JMoore6397@...

Re: [Mellotronists] Mellotrons and tape

2002-10-29 by kenmerb@aol.com

In a message dated 10/29/02 4:26:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
tronbros@... writes:

> We are offering a tape amnesty.  Send us the old middle C from your 
> troublesome tapes and we'll replace the full set at half price(plus p+p) on 
> original EMI stock. You can even change the selection.  Please quote your 
> machine serial number when ordering.  Thanks.  
> 
> 

Martin, you should probably clarify something here.  This will be a new set 
of all original notes, not a set made from that middle C note by pitch 
shifting or some shortcut like that.  i.e., the reason that you want the 
middle C note is to verify that the individual has the tape set in question, 
and then to render it useless before replacing it (so that they won't have 
two sets).

Forgive me if that was obvious to everyone, but my first thought was "why 
does he want the middle c note"?  It's early here, and maybe I've been 
spending too much time with my sampler.

Anyway, that EMI tape stock is great and it cured the wobblies in my MKII 
when I recently replaced the tapes.  My only concern is that Martin will run 
out of it (there is a limited supply) before I need to do my next set.

Ken M.

Re: [Mellotronists] Mellotrons and tape

2002-10-29 by J.K.Beresford

And if anyone knows where there is some 1/4" EMI stock then 
please let Martin know!!
John

To:             	mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
From:           	kenmerb@...
Date sent:      	Tue, 29 Oct 2002 07:36:49 EST
Subject:        	Re: [Mellotronists] Mellotrons and tape

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> In a message dated 10/29/02 4:26:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> tronbros@... writes:
> 
> 
> > We are offering a tape amnesty.  Send us the old middle C from your 
> > troublesome tapes and we'll replace the full set at half price(plus p+p) on 
> > original EMI stock. You can even change the selection.  Please quote your 
> > machine serial number when ordering.  Thanks.  
> > 
> > 
> 
> Martin, you should probably clarify something here.  This will be a new set 
> of all original notes, not a set made from that middle C note by pitch 
> shifting or some shortcut like that.  i.e., the reason that you want the 
> middle C note is to verify that the individual has the tape set in question, 
> and then to render it useless before replacing it (so that they won't have 
> two sets).
> 
> Forgive me if that was obvious to everyone, but my first thought was "why 
> does he want the middle c note"?  It's early here, and maybe I've been 
> spending too much time with my sampler.
> 
> Anyway, that EMI tape stock is great and it cured the wobblies in my MKII 
> when I recently replaced the tapes.  My only concern is that Martin will run 
> out of it (there is a limited supply) before I need to do my next set.
> 
> 
> Ken M.
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