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Re: [Mellotronists] A Question of ...switches?...no FAKE 'Tron here.

2006-09-08 by Jerry Korb

MAinPsych@... wrote:

>
>
> It's called A MISTAKE.  Mike starts to go into the ending MkII riff
> prematurely on the RH keyboard and goes back to playing a lower register drone
> note on the LH keyboard as you can see him doing earlier in the song.  Yes,
> stock MkII's had rhythms and fills on the LH side;  Mike always had lead
> sounds on both keyboards.  The MkII with the cloth covered back panel he is
> playing is likely the one, I believe, that Jerry Korb is currently
> refurbishing.  (Jerry, can you confirm?)  I own the other known Pinderton,
> #134, and the third known one he had (with horizontal slots on the rear panel,
> in contrast to the vertical slots on mine), I think, was destroyed in the
> Indigo Ranch fire along with a MkV.  Anyone know otherwise? Frank 1
>
> =============================================================
>
>
> Greetings  FS #1 and Gang,   Pindertron #2 (#210) here at the M-Ranch
> arrived  sans panel .   It now has what you can see in "Time Traveller"
> CD booklet,  replica cloth covered piece looking just like the original.
>
> That MK-II was the unit that Dave Kean helped retrace earlier this year.
> Previous owners besides the TronMeister were DK himself, and our
> dear-departed Mellotronist, Jimmy Herbst from Florida.
> Present owner has had it for approx 10 yrs.
>
> Nice to have  a Tron with a pedigree.
>
> Cheers, -- Jerry Korb (supplies pedicures for all Mellotron models)

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