Mellotronists

Brady Arnold wrote:

>    Greetings fellow Mellotronists: I had read at Mellotron.com that
> there was a Mellotron Digital facility down in Clearwater, Florida.
> I was wondering if anyone would know weather, or not it's still
> there in that location? I am moving back to that area soon, not even
> 10 miles from there.  thanks for viewing!   -Brady

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Hello Brady and everyone,

Sorry to inform, but nothing remains of Mellotron Digital or even
analog for that matter. Dave Kean purchased the bulk of materials
in 1989 from FL along with misc.bits from the UK.

Jim McNeeley was assoc. with the 4-Track and also with M.D.
in FL. I've corresponded with him on occasion, but his answers
are guarded. ....'Nuff said.

Last year, some orig. Mellotron bits were sold on eBay which
apparently came from FL . I shudder in horror to think of a rare
MK-V parted-out in tiny pieces.Another fellow named Dan Kerstner
in Clearwater FL, wrote the following to me last Sept :

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Jerry, I was in the Rubin Industrial Park where Mellotron died.
I was brought in  by Les Rubin to sell   off the remaining stock that they
had
   in order to pay their rent. (I  owned a video production company in that
park
in unit 803.)  Since I   was  an engineer they asked me what this stuff
  was worth, I believe this was '93.

I was given a 4 track Mellotron I think it's serial # 3 or 4 for my
efforts.
 We threw away the MK-V frame, and used the parts to help the 4 track.

  What I saw at the end of Mellotron can only be described as incredible.
It's a shame they ran out of    money.  They had a piano that they were
  working on that was incredible.  It was based on a KX-88 keyboard and
some
Yamaha DX-7 and    other stuff of the day.  They literally took the    best
of
Yamaha, Korg & Roland and had something that at that time would have killed

every body.     But it was too late.  I put price tags on it all     and
junk collectors
and other electronics tech-heads  took the rest  away.

What a shame.  I sold the sample  tapes to a Mellotron users group a long
  time ago.  (I think in  Washington.)   Anyway I still have the 4-track
and 7 years
ago I had    it working.  It is the best conversation piece
  in our studios.  (We are a Hi definition Video Studio. Electric Image.)

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That's all I have on Mellotron Digital, everyone.  Feel free to add to
this,
if any of you have more info .  Scrapping a MK-V  ??!
..........ARGHHH!     -- Jerry Korb