The Mellotron Group

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My last turn at a Mellotron was Dave Kean's MkII (I need to get out more often) - I liked the feel well enough. What would you say the comparison is with a Chamberlin M-series?? - I find my M2 not-particularly-light, and having a fairly long key travel -- even when I have it adjusted for attack high on the key stroke, I push pretty far down as a matter of course.

For a while now I've had the keyboard partly torn down because I want to replace the rubber key-bumpers (under the front of the key) -- anyone know where I can get these?? Without them, the keyboard looks dishevelled with keys at slightly different heights, some going down further than others, and the keys pushing down a bit crooked. I've attached a couple of small pic files to show what they are. Are there suitable substitutes that could help with the action??

Vance ---- my rice must be masochists - no crying, only moans

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From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fdoddy@aol.com

My Streetly refurb still feels pretty good after, what is it now, 7 years?! I like the fight, the pushback of a tron. It's like playing a guitar through a "gasp" real amplifier. Ya gotta work it.... Samples and a MIDI keyboard are too forgiving. Like the old Italian grandmas say about making risotto, "The rice must feel the pain"

-----Original Message-----
From: tronbros@aol.com
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com

In a message dated 15/01/2010 03:35:16 GMT Standard Time, markpringnz@yahoo.com writes:

Can't see the advantage of having a mellotron keyboard action, it's horrible!

Wrong! Yours might be but that doesn't have to be the case!

M

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