Mellotronists

Is your Mellotron at your house or at a recording studio or...? Just 
was wondering. My M-400 is in my office downtown. I figure that's the 
safest place for it to be--away from smokers, curious kids, etc. as 
my place can be grand central station. I thought the best place would 
be in my basement, but upstairs are all these aquariums--and if one 
broke or the washing machine or dishwasher leaked, the basement 
wouldn't be a good place. On the other hand, if I had a Mk 2 or a 
Hammond B-3 or a Steinway piano or something like that, I'd be more 
apt to present them as a piece of furniture --if I had the room! 
They'd be at my mother's house--as she has a spacious safe home. I 
tend to be overprotective of these things, and I was wondering how 
some of you deal with it.

> Is your Mellotron at your house or at a recording studio or...?

Mine is sitting in a marble fireplace in my bedroom. It doubles as a
clothes hanger and Cat Thoroughfare as well.

Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/

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From: mellotrongirl [mailto:mellotrongirl@...]
Sent: 23 September 2003 19:08
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Mellotronists] Where your Mellotron is...!


Is your Mellotron at your house or at a recording studio or...?


Mine migrates around my flat, but is currently situated in front of my
largish record shelving in my front room. This led to the situation where my
prog-loving ex-girlfriend (yes, they do exist) asked me about an album on
the phone, to which I replied, "I'm sorry, the Nektar albums are stuck
behind the Mellotron", before cracking up and spluttering "How prog was
*that*?".  :-)

One day I'll have a real music room. Honest.

Andy T.
M400 #1145
'The Ultimate Mellotron Recordings List (Possibly)'

http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/

My M300 is (probably permanently) in my smallest bedroom which I 
call my playroom as it has a lovely "Old MacDonald's Farm" border 
around the walls, matching curtains and a "Thomas the Tank 
Engine" lightshade. These were left by the previous occupants you 
understand but there again, all my toys are in there anyway.
To get the tron up there it had to be lifted up the stairs in it's protecta-
muff, unbuckled on the landing, tipped up and slid around the 
doorframe on it's side. I hope I won't have to move it for a very long 
time.
John
M300 #005 

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Date sent:      	Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:07:31 -0000

Subject:        	[Mellotronists] Where your Mellotron is...!

> Is your Mellotron at your house or at a recording studio or...? Just 
> was wondering. My M-400 is in my office downtown. I figure that's the 
> safest place for it to be--away from smokers, curious kids, etc. as 
> my place can be grand central station. I thought the best place would 
> be in my basement, but upstairs are all these aquariums--and if one 
> broke or the washing machine or dishwasher leaked, the basement 
> wouldn't be a good place. On the other hand, if I had a Mk 2 or a 
> Hammond B-3 or a Steinway piano or something like that, I'd be more 
> apt to present them as a piece of furniture --if I had the room! 
> They'd be at my mother's house--as she has a spacious safe home. I 
> tend to be overprotective of these things, and I was wondering how 
> some of you deal with it. 
> 
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At 02:55 PM 9/24/2003 -0400, Mike Rivers wrote:
>Mine's at work, which is ok because that's where my recording equipment 
>is. There's also two types of beer in the soda machine.

How many types of beer are there in the 'tron?

...kl...M400 #805 - just stout

* Ken Leonard - Web ToC at http://www.kleonard.com
* Get Outdoors New England - http://www.GONewEngland.org

In a message dated 9/26/2003 8:16:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
wy-mar-ren@... writes:


> I build a 28mm model of a 400 and have it on my desk at work.  It's real 
> difficult to play and its not very loud.
>     Phil (# 0.1119, small and dusty)
> 

Perhaps you ought to contact Streetly and purchase "Mellotron Barbie"

Frank Stickle (400SM 1562-)

Mine's in my music room in the basement. I keep bringing in others in the hopes that one day there will be little ones. I understand it is difficult to get them to reproduce in captivity.


One would think that with all those repro "heads"  that the damn thing would breed like rednecks at a barn dance. Like my daddy always done told me,  "Never plant the rhubarb next to the alflafa ifin you wants to get rid o' the tater grubs." And to this day, that saying holds true.

Fritz m400#1697.......celebate! celebate! dance to the music....