The Mellotron Group

I'm curious as to how he extended the range for the original Chamby/Tron 
library.  It seems like 7 notes up and 7 notes down is a bit of a stretch.
The cabinet is beautiful.
johnb


MAinPsych@aol.com wrote:
>
> *The original design had a rewind mechanism identical to a Chamberlin 
> M-1 (e.g., reverse spinning "capstan" - shown one of the Mellotron 
> Archives' videos).  By the time I tried out the J-Tron, this had been 
> modified to use a more efficient spring-loaded wheel that Justin said 
> he wanted to further refine.*
> ** 
> *Frank Samagaio*
> *San Diego CA*
>  
> In a message dated 1/22/2008 9:11:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
> markpringnz@yahoo.com writes:
>
>     Lovely looking instrument, does anybody know how the
>     tapes are rewound?
>
>     Mark
>
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