Mellotronists

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Anderson" <jimanderson@...>
To: <mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 8:05 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Are The Carpenters prog?


>   Now that I've got your attention...
> After seeing a fun little video clip on the web site of Mike Keneally
> playing at the "Museum of Making Music's" fifth anniversary, I decided
> to pay this museum a visit last weekend since I was in the area
> visiting (Carlsbad, CA [USA]).  I hoped but didn't think I'd actually
> see a 'tron inside, but low and behold, they had an M400 that had been
> cut in half, supposedly by original owner, (as the tour guide explained
> it) Karen Carpenter!  He said she cut it in half so that she could fit
> it in the trunk of her car.  As the story goes, she "toured" with it
> for awhile and eventually decided she didn't need it (or it didn't need
> her) so she took it back to the store where she bought it and asked
> what they'd give her for it.  He says the told her they'd give her half
> of her money back, since she only brought half of the mellotron back.
> (This might have only been a retired volunteer's dry attempt at humor.)

Jim

Er, what *exactly* did she do to it? Unlike a Hammond, I can't think of any
way you could 'split' a 'Tron and get a useable instrument out of it!

Andy T.