Mellotronists

turmelpierrolivier wrote:

> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "jonesalley" <jonesalley@c...>
> wrote:
> > ...Clouseau with a Mark II?
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: bradschuman
> >   To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> >   Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:09 PM
> >   Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Owners of 'trons...
> >
> >
> >
> >   --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "mellotrongirl"
> >   <mellotrongirl@h...> wrote:
> >   >
> >   > King Hussein and L. Ron Hubbard--those have got to be a couple
> of
> >   the
> >   > more interesting owners of these machines...any others?
> >
> >   Peter Sellers comes to mind.
> >
> >   Brad
>
> > I've heard that Princess Margaret have owned a Mark II in the 60's
> and drive her then husband completely mad with his bad playing.
>
> Pierre-Olivier-Turmel     M400S #719

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Greetings Everyone,

Absolutely correct about Princess Margaret and MK-II.
Shortly after Princess Diana's untimely death in 1997, I posted a letter
to Buckingham Palace to express my sympathies .

I then casually enquired if Princess Margaret owned a MK-II,
to which her secretary emphatically replied, YES .
Written on Royal Mail paper, with lithographed Seal of England.

But the secretary immed. halted any discussion of friendship
with Peter Sellers, the Tron's whereabouts, etc.

Not certain if this falls into same category of famous Tron owners,
but the original owner of  MK-I/124 "Julia" was a millionaire named
"Bloom" or "Blum" according to JB. The Tron was moved to
his yacht, evidenced by holes for mounting to ship bulkhead
and minute traces/stains of sea salt on lower wood/aluminum bits.

.....Imagine,  a sea-faring Tron....Bungalow Bill and Fransen on the
waters!

Cheers, Jerry Korb

(commencing Snovatron production in NJ in aftermath of Blizzard-2005)