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In a message dated 4/20/2006 3:05:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jonesalley@... writes:

Love.
 
Comes...  to you.
 
And, you.... follow.
 
 
Lose
One
 
 
On to....
 
 
 
 
The Heart.
 
 
 
Of the sunrise...
 
 
Sharp.
 
 
 
Distance.
 
 
 
How can... the wind... with
 
Its arms.... all around
 
 
 
 
 
 
Me.



 
Excellent Shatner impression,  Jon!!

In a message dated 4/20/2006 11:45:56 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
tronlord927@... writes:

Concerning the ITCOTCK MK 2, I heard the going price was around  $25,000.00 - 
a bit high in my book too, especially if it needed work. I  wonder: is there  
a way to restore an "important" 'Tron, while  retaining it's status, and 
value?



Re: the magnificent work that Jerry Korb did on the  Pinderton (#134), he 
took care of the major touring dings in the side veneer and  a couple of the 
bottom pieces (see Ken Leonard's website for pics), but retained  the patina of 
the original cabinet.  It's still very much a Pindertron (and  I still have 
Mike's original tapes).  Value?  Who  knows?
 
Frank Samagaio
San Diego CA
MkII #134 / M300 #908
author, The Mellotron  Book

In a message dated 4/21/2006 12:59:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
MAinPsych@... writes:

Re: the magnificent work that Jerry Korb did on the  Pinderton (#134), he 
took care of the major touring dings in the side veneer  and a couple of the 
bottom pieces (see Ken Leonard's website for pics), but  retained the patina of 
the original cabinet.  It's still very much a  Pindertron (and I still have 
Mike's original tapes).  Value?  Who  knows?



Well I'm certainly willing to offer a thousand bucks for it.

In a message dated 4/20/2006 10:02:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, LSF5275  
writes:

 
In a message dated 4/21/2006 12:59:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
MAinPsych@... writes:

Re: the magnificent work that Jerry Korb did on the  Pinderton (#134), he 
took care of the major touring dings in the side veneer  and a couple of the 
bottom pieces (see Ken Leonard's website for pics), but  retained the patina of 
the original cabinet.  It's still very much a  Pindertron (and I still have 
Mike's original tapes).  Value?  Who  knows?



Well I'm certainly willing to offer a thousand bucks for it. 



That's a start...

> Mike - Thanks for the info concerning the Crimson manuscripts. I based
> my guess that Fripp wrote at least a few of them, on comparing  his name
> on the top of the manuscripts, with his signature on the "Exposure"
> album.You would know better then I, so thanks for the correction. Do you
> know who transcribed them?

It was Pope Gregory the Ninth.

OK. I have no idea.

> Concerning the ITCOTCK MK 2, I heard the going price was around
> $25,000.00 - a bit high in my book too, especially if it needed work.

Very high, I'd say.

> wonder: is there  a way to restore an "important" 'Tron, while retaining
> it's status, and value?

Well, I played the 'Starless' Tron at the 'Night Watch' playback and
liked the fact that it looked like it had been savaged by a pack of
pissed-off wolfhounds, so maybe one way of doing it is to leave the
cabinet as it is. The rest of the instrument would have to be overhauled
unless you are wanting something that doesn't make a decent sound.

> Finally: "William Shatner... and the Mellotronic Philharmonic
> Orchestra"... perform the greatest "Prog Classics" of all time...
> available on K-Tel Records! What those "Prog Classics" are, I'll leave
> up to the group... just thinking of it makes my brain woozy!!!

'Mr Tambourine Man?... Mr Tambourine Man... Mr Tambourine Man!.... MR
TAMBOURINE MAN!!!!!!'

Crazy Bill.

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

In a message dated 21/04/2006 05:59:51 GMT Daylight Time, MAinPsych@...  
writes:

I  wonder: is there  a way to restore an "important" 'Tron, while  retaining 
it's status, and value?


As little restoration as possible. My particular example (ex-Barclay James  
Harvest) still sports all it's battle scars but internally has been sorted by  
Martin and John. Result, best Mellotron I've ever played - value priceless (to 
 me)
 
Norm