Mellotronists

Rick Blechta wrote:

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> My contribution (although sketchy):
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> .....According to JB, the very first mellotron (obviously one of those
> MkIs,
> Jerry) met an awful fate right in the mellotron factory. It had been
> crated up for shipment to the States and when it was being hoisted up
> on a block and tackle into the back of a lorry, something went wrong
> and it crashed down to the floor of the factory. If memory serves, the
> useable parts went into another unit. Hmmm... Maybe fate was trying to
> tell the Bradleys something. Thankfully, John hasn't learned what it is
> yet........  Rick

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Hello Group,    Thanks for your input, Rick.

I have a photo given me by JB in 1998 of Les seated
at the very first MK-I  circa 1963 .  Hopefully, it
wasn't THAT Tron which met an untimely fate.

Actually, a rough beginning COULD spell better
times ahead, if one persists. Thomas Edison's
very first lightbulb on 21-Oct-1879 lasted 40 hours
until it expired due to excessive voltage added by
the Wizard himself.  But the very first lightbulb ever
made  was broken , and never could be preserved for
future generations to see/learn .

By late 1880, Edison's handmade lightbulbs
with bamboo filaments lasted 1000 hours .
Blown-glass  affairs with turned wooden bases and
screw threads from kerosene cans. (see below)

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And every successive Tron got better and better too .

"Before one can swim, one must first sink" ---(unknown)

Cheers,  JK  (not burned-out, and NOT broken...yet )