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Album	Title	Preview	Description
M400S # 885/674	The Beginning		This machine hasn';t been played in a loooong time.
M400S # 885/674	Poor maintenance!
M400S # 885/674	Top view		You can';t begin to imagine the wiring and electrical problems
M400S # 885/674	Keyboard removed		The tapes were no better than the rest of it.
M400S # 885/674	Empty Cabinet		After a thorough vacuuming this is what you get
M400S # 885/674	More dirt and sadness		This defies description
M400S # 885/674	The Motor		It didn';t work at all
M400S # 885/674	View of Power supply		Can you imagine putting tapes inside this?
M400S # 885/674	Frame missing rivets		One whole side of the frame was missing rivets. I wonder why.
M400S # 885/674	Cabinet wall and floor brace		The inelegant solution to a simple problem
M400S # 885/674	Upper Spill Box Brace		If you have these in your Tron, replace them with metal brackets
M400S # 885/674	The disassembled Mellotron		Now for the details
M400S # 885/674	Keyboard close-up		Someone needed to learn how to adjust the keyboard.
M400S # 885/674	The keyboard		You can see that this was going to be a fun project
M400S # 885/674	Disassembled keyboard		This was the last thing to get attention
M400S # 885/674	Keyboard is built on the Mellotron...
M400S # 885/674	Installing upper spill box brackets
M400S # 885/674	Motor ready for installation
M400S # 885/674	Beginning the power supply clean-up
M400S # 885/674	Installing cabinet wiring & feet
M400S # 885/674	... one key & one pressure pad at a time
M400S # 885/674	New upper spill box brackets
M400S # 885/674	Repaired cabinet split
M400S # 885/674	Screwing on the bottom
M400S # 885/674	Tools of the trade
M400S # 885/674	SMS-5, new bearings & capstan installed
M400S # 885/674	Cabinet interior
M400S # 885/674	Installing controll panel
M400S # 885/674	Beginning the cabinet repair
M400S # 885/674	Keyboard nearly done
M400S # 885/674	Frame rebuild - tape guides
M400S # 885/674	Testing the #885/674 with #386 keyboard
M400S # 885/674	Control panel close-up
M400S # 885/674	Motor installed to main frame
M400S # 885/674	Mellotron ready for testing
M400S # 885/674	Power supply & wiring loom installed
M400S # 885/674	These 4 keys nearly made me crazy
M400S # 885/674	New floor from Baltic Birch plywood
M400S # 885/674	Close-up of installed power supply
M400S # 885/674	Some keys required more drastic measures
M400S # 885/674	Installing the cross rails
M400S # 885/674	Cabinet interior painted
M400S # 885/674	Beginning the frame rebuild
M400S # 885/674	Mellotron installed to cabinet
M400S # 885/674	Floor close-up
M400S # 885/674	Done
M400S # 885/674	Completed keyboard
M400S # 885/674	Cabinet with new floor
M400S # 885/674	Power supply before rewiring
M400S # 885/674	Top view of Mellotron installation