Mellotronists

Seasons Greetings!

We're winding up a banner year for the Mellotron community.

Our friends at Mellotron Archives and Streetly continue to provide us with 
new machines, tapes, refurbs/repairs, parts, and advice.  Markus at MA 
unveiled a dual manual in the spirit of the Mark V, and Streetly unveiled a 
Skellotron that will be the platform for a new Novatron.  New sounds have 
been added to the Mellotron Tape Library in the past year, too.

MONEYPIT (Mellotron Owners of New England...or Mellotron Owners Needing 
Excessive Yen for Purchases for Improving their 'Trons (see the MONEYPIT 
group at http://www.YahooGroups.com )) had several get-togethers, saw some 
restorations/repairs, participated in a workshop/demo, and have started 
some projects due to be complete next year.  That's a lot of stuff.

Documenting the MONEYPIT activities is fun, and I'm glad to announce that 
this year's installment has been finished up (well, maybe a few loose ends 
or photos to come, but it's mostly there).

Off http://www.kleonard.com/mellotron/ you will see the variety of 
MONEYPITs for 2004:

- March:
-- An icy introduction to Sharayah, the restored Mark II "Pindertron"
-- A Return to "MONEYPIT South" (see October 2003)

- April:
-- A MONEYPIT trip to New Jersey, including a Morris Canal tour and a visit 
to the Doddy Residence and a radio interview

- May:
-- Memorial Day Weekend in Vermont where we did some work on a machine you 
may hear on an Aerosmith album someday

- July:
-- A Fun Fourth of July with The Moores, The Mellotron Demonstrator, The 
Synertron, and The Mooatron (I wonder if that name will stick...:-) )

- The Gatherings:
-- A Mellotron Workshop in Philadelphia organized by Jeff Coultier


On Christmas Eve Day I spent a little while playing "The Dreary Set" 
(piano, smooth organ, electric guitar) on #1037.  It's definitely a 
Mellotron---feh.  But that's OK.


Have a good holiday season and a Mellotronic 2005!

...kl...
M400 #805 - shunned for the year...no MONEYPIT appearances!
M400 #1037 - no shunning - i'm running!