The Mellotron Group

Actually Bruce, I retrieved  #911 from down near Asheville, North  
Carolina. When it went to Indiana, it had all its pads. John drove from his  home in 
Indiana to Northern Virginia to the Mellhole  (my shop) to pick it up.  
There are photos of it on my myspace page.
 
Frank 
 
 
In a message dated 12/17/2010 4:39:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
pocotron@yahoo.com writes:

 
 
 
Hi all-
  Interesting.  I brought my 'tron (#1221) home to  Colorado from 
Bloomington, Indiana, back in 2007.  It had a  missing padspring too.  
 
  What is it about Central Indiana Mellotrons?   Padsprings just seem to 
wander off, I guess.  Nice area,  though.
 
  -Bruce D.


--- On Fri, 12/17/10, lsf5275@aol.com  <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:



From:  lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] M400 for sale
To:  newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, December 17, 2010,  8:27 AM


 
 
This Mellotron is # 911 and is a really nice machine. Prior to  acquiring 
it and rebuilding it for John, it was originally owned by  Dave Coviello who 
used it in his stage rig back in the 70s. Here is  what Dave wrote about it 
at the time. Dave was a second keyboard  player for a lot of groups on tour 
or he would have been in a  supporting act. 911 was used on at least one 
Chicago album as I  recall...
     



This is a 1973  Mellotron model M400s serial #911. I am the original owner. 
When  not used on gigs, it has been stored in my home.  The only  flaw is 
the last note needs a padspring* which can be ordered  directly from 
Mellotron in Canada . The tapes are modified with  Strings, Flutes and Voices. I 
also had it refinished gloss white  because the old paint job was worn.  
I was a musician years  ago and this piece of equipment has been on stage 
with  Rare Earth, Sly and the Family Stone, Chicago, Steppenwolf, Sam  and 
Dave, Wayne Cochran and the CC Riders, Doc Severensen, Al  Hirt, The Ink 
Spots, and other recording groups. I kept it all  these years because of the 
memories it held for me.  



 
In a message dated 12/17/2010 9:15:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
john.wright@consona.com writes:

 
All,

Due to unfortunate circumstances, I need to sell my  Mellotron. The 
restoration was done by Frank Stickle and I've owned  for about 18 months. Tape 
frame was new and tracks are, A) 8-voice  choir B) M400 strings, C) cello. I'm 
posting here before  Ebay.

I'm in Central Indiana. Email me offline if  interested.

Regards,

John