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2013-08-01 by trawnajim
I did a search and couldn't find any mention of this here, so am assuming it's quite recent and just hasn't been seen by anyone else yet (a friend of mine posted mention of it on Faceborg). http://www.ebay.com/itm/321175857142 Any speculation on this Martin? Jim Bailey
2013-08-01 by Martin
Hello.... It seems everyone has noticed the PEG unit! I've got emails from far and wide and it is a beautifully preserved piece but there's little anyone can do with it....except own it. John used to re-lace cartridges for the PEG but even when he started at Streetly they were out of production. T he mechanism involved a self lacing cartridge that was ready and cued for broadcast. A brilliant device for the times. Very BBC in design, very Streetly in build. The BBC promised oodles of orders but that never happened and neither did the wealth it was supposed to create! My best Martin Mellotronics.com on my iPad
On 1 Aug 2013, at 01:30, "trawnajim" <jimabgm@gmail.com> wrote: > I did a search and couldn't find any mention of this here, so am assuming it's quite recent and just hasn't been seen by anyone else yet (a friend of mine posted mention of it on Faceborg). > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/321175857142 > > Any speculation on this Martin? > > Jim Bailey > >
2013-08-01 by trawnajim
Thanks, Martin. I'm curious about the self-lacing technology. Considering the age of the machine, I was wondering if this pre-dates the similar technique used by IBM for their tape storage cartridges and is still used in LTO devices. Jim Bailey --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Martin <tronbros@...> wrote:
> > Hello.... > > It seems everyone has noticed the PEG unit! I've got emails from far and wide and it is a beautifully preserved piece but there's little anyone can do with it....except own it. John used to re-lace cartridges for the PEG but even when he started at Streetly they were out of production. T he mechanism involved a self lacing cartridge that was ready and cued for broadcast. A brilliant device for the times. Very BBC in design, very Streetly in build. The BBC promised oodles of orders but that never happened and neither did the wealth it was supposed to create! > > My best > > Martin > > Mellotronics.com on my iPad > > > On 1 Aug 2013, at 01:30, "trawnajim" <jimabgm@...> wrote: > > > I did a search and couldn't find any mention of this here, so am assuming it's quite recent and just hasn't been seen by anyone else yet (a friend of mine posted mention of it on Faceborg). > > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/321175857142 > > > > Any speculation on this Martin? > > > > Jim Bailey > > > > >