Mellotronists

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Ken Leonard <ken@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> 
> This past weekend Lee Richards and I invaded Jerry and Mali Korb's 
> Mellotron Ranch (thank you for the hospitality, JK and MK!).  We 
put 
> together a little tune to demonstrate Lee's repaired #541 and 
Jerry's Mark 
> I "Julia", with the Korg X3 piano patch played by Van Cluckburn 
with 
> mittens on (it was cold up there in Vermont!).
> 
> http://www.kleonard.com/mellotron/vt0206/
> 
> There'll be more of a trip report to come.
> 
> Ironically halfway around the world YLE Radio 1 in Finland was 
featuring a 
> show on the Mellotron and playing cuts from "Improvised Waves" and 
will do 
> so again this Sunday evening.  They'll also air "Leaving for the 
Black 
> Sand", the tune out on the link above, and other things from 
> you-must-check-them-out EM bands like RMI.  (Unfortunately, no, 
there's no 
> streaming...they cut out all music streaming when people were 
getting 
> twitchy about copyrights a few years ago.  :-(  )
> 
> But if you can get YLE Radio 1 and would like to hear Part 2 of 
their 2006 
> salute to the Mellotron, tune in to Avaruusromua!
> 
> ...kl...
> M400 #805 - featured in Avaruusromua's first salute to the 'tron
> M400 #1037 - wanted to contribute some dreary piano, was *too* 
dreary
> 
> ** Ken Leonard - Web Table of Contents:  http://www.kleonard.com
>  >> CD available! "Improvised Waves: Mellotron/synth 
improvisations"
> ** Get Outdoors New England:  http://www.GONewEngland.org
>

That's quite impressive, Ken! Looking forward to the rest of the 
report! And thanks for the link to Avaruusromua.

P.S. That sign that Jerry's holding looks a little familiar.

Bernie