Mellotronists

Hi again
Lovers of Lawrence Welk may find some interest here:
http://www.oeta.onenet.net/welkrelease.html

and after some delay I have more to come on the Birotron saga,
I've found 2 and a half, and a rebuild project is underway........piccys,
replys to earlier postings and general chit chat will follow over the
next week end, sorry it's been so long!)

Nic

At 19:22 26/02/02 -0500, Rick Blechta wrote:
>Well, Jon, it's like this. The mellotron's most famous sound, 3 violins, 
>is actually a recording Harry Chamberlin made back in '52, I believe, for 
>his new instrument. The recordings found their way to the UK via Bill 
>Fransen who was a salesman for Harry and this voice was also used for the 
>new mellotron (unbeknownst to everyone involved, the tapes did not belong 
>to Mr Fransen.) Anyway, you know the Prog Fame that mellotron violins went 
>on to, the splendour, the majesty, the dramatic weight of the music which 
>was created using this sound! What no one knew was that Harry had hired 3 
>middle-aged women from the Lawrence Welk Champagne Music Makers to record 
>the notes.
>
>Life is full of small ironies, isn't it?
>
>Cheers!
>
>Rick
>
>JS wrote:
>>"Lawrence Welk violinists?????????"  This is an apparently new 
>>detail.  Any more information about that, and the provenance of the 
>>information?
>>>
>>>(It would be wonderful to have a shot of the three Lawrence Welk 
>>>violinists recording in Harry Chamberlin's bedroom, wouldn't it?)