The Mellotron Group

On Jun 27, 2008, at 8:41 PM, john barrick wrote:

> I cannot, no matter what I do, get the outer ring of strobe dots to
> freeze. I can get the tron in tune by ear, but neither ring of dots is
> anywhere near a freeze speed at that point. I think I'm going to pull
> it out of the cabinet, check the tach head and then belt tension and
> start all over again. Don't know what else to do.
> johnb
> 1407

You need (and you have to imagine the trumpet fanfare here) the other  
JB, meaning John Bradley, who very likely had something to do with the  
building of your mellotron. Only he can tell you EXACTLY what's wrong  
and how to fix it. Usually this involves a ball peen hammer and a cold  
steel chisel, but in your case, it might be something less drastic.