The Mellotron Group

In a message dated 23/04/2009 20:33:50 GMT Daylight Time,  
ecclesreinson@rogers.com writes:

Can  you tell us about the black trim, control panel and cheek blocks?
Your  mellotron looks and sounds great


The look of my machine is due to JB & MS's  wonderful restoration about 12 
years ago.
As you can see from the vid, mine is one of the dreaded  EMI machines, that 
was in tatters when I bought it. It had been rotting in  someone's basement 
for at least 10 years before that. Streetly completely  restored it to 
health, re-aligning everything, basically rebuilding it from  scratch. The 
control panel was black originally black, but the guys gave it a  paint job, so 
as to look like new. Any parts that were missing, they either had  as spares, 
or were able to manufacture.
The front cover was missing, so one had to be made, hence the  black. (It's 
white on the other side).
The black trim is something I added a couple of years ago to  protect the 
edges of the cabinet from everyday wear and tear.
It plays like a brand new machine, particularly with the new  tapes, and I 
love it to bits.
However, I do get asked to do the occasional session or  small gig, and I 
am no longer prepared to risk damaging it or doing my back in  lifting it. 
That's why the Memotron is such a worthy substitute. It's cool to  look at, 
very fast in use, extremely portable, and, would you believe it, it  even 
sounds like a Mellotron!............................................ But  it's 
not!
Andy K