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2003-09-16 by Terry Conheady
Hi folks, Yesterday I found a beat up Mellotron 400, today, it's a broken Orchestron. I gotta stay off this site. Ebay Item # 2558804979 Terry Conheady M400's 1300&413 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
2003-09-16 by Mattias Olsson
Hi ! This one was up earlier but for the price of 900...I emailed them about it´s condition, discs et.c but no reply... Understandable... // Mattias ----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Conheady" <tmconheady@yahoo.com> To: "mellotronists" <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 7:38 PM Subject: [Mellotronists] another ebay find > Hi folks, > Yesterday I found a beat up Mellotron 400, today, it's > a broken Orchestron. I gotta stay off this site. > Ebay Item # 2558804979 > > Terry Conheady M400's 1300&413 > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Mellotronists-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >
2003-09-16 by Stan Cotey
Wow! I've only ever seen one other of these, and that one is at my house. This one looks identical to mine (and also the photo in the Vail book minus the stand), which I believe to be a model 'D'. If you've ever had bad feelings about an Orchestron, you should play a 'D' in good shape. Mine is perfectly stable and very useable. The frame is solid cast aluminum, and it's probably 1" thick in places. While not light, my machine has stayed in good shape through a few years worth of sessions and gigs. I rarely even have to tune it, even after moving it. The case was built by Viking and is made from 1/2" thick plywood, covered with aluminum I think. I wonder if there are any disks and how well is runs? The seller is interesting too. I'm guessing it's Frank Serafine, who's a pretty well known sound designer (and who worked a lot on the early Star Trek films). He owns a sound design facility in Venice. Stan Cotey M400/174, Orchestrons ???, ??? and ??? (Foolish to own three Orchestrons?)
-----Original Message----- From: Terry Conheady [mailto:tmconheady@...] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:39 AM To: mellotronists Subject: [Mellotronists] another ebay find Hi folks, Yesterday I found a beat up Mellotron 400, today, it's a broken Orchestron. I gotta stay off this site. Ebay Item # 2558804979 Terry Conheady M400's 1300&413 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Mellotronists-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
2003-09-18 by Mattias Olsson
Hi ! Mine is pretty stable for a while and then all of a sudden it can do a two octave drop.....Drunken whammy style. It works while recording but when I played on Swedens largest morning show on christmas eve I can easily say that I wasn´t the cockiest Orchestron player in the world.... I have a Model A which has a " unlimited " pitch-knob which has been fun/useful ( ? ) when using Optigan albums and pitching them out of the Optigans range. Shameless plug...This August I recorded a album with only Optigan, female vocals, Orchestron and of course the Mellotron. Might even be a splash of ye olde Chamberlin rhythmate as well in there. Haven´t decided yet... It will be out on Exergy Music this autumn...I will let y´all know when it´s out. All the best, Mattias ----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Cotey" <Stan_Cotey@...> To: "mellotronists" <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:07 PM Subject: RE: [Mellotronists] another ebay find > Wow! I've only ever seen one other of these, and that one is at my house. This one looks identical to mine (and also the photo in the Vail book minus the stand), which I believe to be a model 'D'. If you've ever had bad feelings about an Orchestron, you should play a 'D' in good shape. Mine is perfectly stable and very useable. The frame is solid cast aluminum, and it's probably 1" thick in places. While not light, my machine has stayed in good shape through a few years worth of sessions and gigs. I rarely even have to tune it, even after moving it. The case was built by Viking and is made from 1/2" thick plywood, covered with aluminum I think. I wonder if there are any disks and how well is runs? > > The seller is interesting too. I'm guessing it's Frank Serafine, who's a pretty well known sound designer (and who worked a lot on the early Star Trek films). He owns a sound design facility in Venice. > > Stan Cotey M400/174, Orchestrons ???, ??? and ??? (Foolish to own three Orchestrons?) > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Conheady [mailto:tmconheady@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:39 AM > To: mellotronists > Subject: [Mellotronists] another ebay find > > > Hi folks, > Yesterday I found a beat up Mellotron 400, today, it's > a broken Orchestron. I gotta stay off this site. > Ebay Item # 2558804979 > > Terry Conheady M400's 1300&413 > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Mellotronists-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Mellotronists-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >