The Mellotron Group

I would debate that point, Bruce. With a decent motor and proper belt  
tension as well as having an SMS-2, SMS-3 or SMS-5 and a properly set up  
keyboard, there will be no noticeable change in pitch. Of course if your pinch  
rollers are like hockey pucks and you have to crank them and the pressure pads 
 down to any degree to get it to play, that might be true. When I get my 
Trons  set up and properly adjusted, I can strobe the flywheel and watch as I 
play and  everything is rock steady, even with many keys depressed 
simultaneously. Now  obviously most Trons are not set up and adjusted as well as they 
can/should be  or the motors have never been cleaned, rebuilt or replaced.
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 7/25/2010 7:35:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
pocotron@yahoo.com writes:

This  extends to the slowing effect that depressing a key has on the 
capstan.   Good motor controllers smooth this out, but it is still subtly there, 
and can  affect other notes already  playing.