The Mellotron Group

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Mark Pring wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
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> I can post you some cats if that will help.
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> Mark



not until AFTER this task is complete.
i had 3 the last time i did this - one would think i had catnip
in the room the way they wanted to play with the 35 dangling
tapes hanging on doorframes and anything else i could find...

thanks though!

jeff ;0)



> --- On Thu, 7/17/08, jeffc@netaxs.com <jeffc@netaxs.com> wrote:
> From: jeffc@netaxs.com <jeffc@netaxs.com>
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] lacing/replacing tapes...
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 8:45 AM
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> hi folks...
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> i need a refresher course in replacing m400 tapes.
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> i'm doing this for a friend - mine are all in fine shape,
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> and i have not done this for about 15 years now.
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> so i have an old frame that needs its tapes replaced.
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> my understanding is that using the old tapes to pull through
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> the new tapes is a recommended method. [yes? no?]
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> i have a new set of streetly tapes [on the little red spools].
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> before i even break them out, i recall that there are marking
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> 1] cut here
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> 2] start of sound [to be aligned with the heads once installed]
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> 3?] are there key numbers on them?
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> so what do i need to do to use the old tapes to pull on the
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> new tapes. i remember when i did my last set i had 35 pieces of
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> tape hanging around my studio and tempting my cats to play.
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> sadly, i have no more cats at the moment, but i still think
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> that was not the simplest way to do it. i did some searching
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> around, but could not find a website with 'proper' instructions
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> on handling a fresh set of streetly tapes. these have been
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> sitting around for a couple years now and i weant to deliver
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> the freshly loaded rack to my friend kurt next week. i even
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> have an 'extra' m400 to use as a staging machine, so all i
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> need is the tutorial on this... and a translation on the marks.
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> thanks in advance folks!
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> jeff
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