The Mellotron Group

Good point, Fritz.
 
Another possibility is an intermittent ground loop through the track selector switch.  Jerry Korb found a way to get rid of this.  See Ken Leonard's Moneypit session here for a description:
www.kleonard.com/mellotron/vt0206/work.htm
 
Scroll down.  The fix is shown in the 3rd item of the "Korb's Mods" box.  Thanks Ken.
I hope this helps.
 
  -Bruce D.
   

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 From: Fritz Doddy <fdoddy@aol.com>
To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Sunday, June 9, 2013 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Just Curious
  
 
 
   
 
I use to get static electricity pops on my tron. Took it off carpet, no more popsSorry for the brevity as I am replying from a remote region of iPhonekstan.

fritzdoddy
On Jun 9, 2013, at 4:52 AM, Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com> wrote:
  
>What's a tape zip? I think it's probably electrical, seems to be in the signal out rather than an acoustic sound. Doesn't matter if I'm playing or not, just has to be turned on. Cannons in pomp and circumstance, now there's a thought.
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>Mark
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> From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
>To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Sunday, 9 June 2013 6:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Just Curious
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>  
>Banging on the Mk V spring reverb is how I made the cannon sounds in 'Pomp and Circumstance'. :-)
>Could it be tape zip?  Sounds more likely.
>On 8 June 2013 20:47, gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>  
>>You dont mean a spring boom do you ?  Anything with a reverb spring at volume can sound a lot like an explosion if shaken, kicked or otherwise disturbed.
>>On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com> wrote: 
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>>>  
>>>Arthurized !!
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>>>   
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>>>   -Bruce D.
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>>> From: tronbros <tronbros@aol.com>
>>>To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
>>>Sent: Saturday, June 8, 2013 2:28 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Just Curious
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>>No idea. Send me a recording and we'll take a listen.....and still have no idea.
>>>
>>>
>>>Arthur Crap
>>>1963 to 2013 - 50 years of mellotrons
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>>>mellotronics.com on my iPad 
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>>>On 8 Jun 2013, at 02:17, Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com> wrote: 
>>>  
>>>>What causes that sound  my tron makes from time to time? A short clicking sound.   When reverbed it sounds like a small explosion, it seems to occur at random. I know it's not just my tron as I've heard it at the end of one of Woolly's recordings from the BBC. 
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>>>>
>>>>Mark            
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>>-- 
>>
>>Gino Wong Birgelo
>>BSComm, BSEE, 
>>ReRED Recording, Analog Sound Design
>>Audio Mastering, Recording & Restoration, Logistics 
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>>
>>Ginowong@gmail.com
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>>    -- Mike Dickson, Edinburgh