The Mellotron Group

I see the picture!?

What the...?  I rarely see the picture.

Dan

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "John Wright" <john.wright@...> wrote:
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> This link is from Echo Park; still in business.  Note the M400 in the
> Studio B picture.  Must be Bruce's?
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> http://www.echopark.com/studios.shtml
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> Regards,
>  
> John
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> 	From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Daily
> 	Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 8:10 PM
> 	To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> 	Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] M400 for sale
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> Hi John-
>   Echo Park Studios was it.  Paul is a nice guy.  Between arranging a
> time to meet, and the intense March rain, we managed to get the beastie
> in my rusty Bronco II.  An interesting trip from and back to Colorado.
>   Paul told me the only cut that my 'tron was used on was the track "Mr.
> Bellows" on Mellencamp's "Mr. Happy Go Lucky" cd.  Obviously MKII flute.
>   I had to do a rebuild of the power supply.  It had been modified to
> use the SMS-3 controller, and the mod was a bit sloppy.  Many wires were
> much too long, and there were poor solder joints.  Fixed it, along with
> some other usual stuff, and the whole machine was much quieter.
>   The machine runs well now, but needs new pinch rollers.  The 40-year
> old ones tend to be a soft as rocks.  They will probably be the next
> project.
>   Bloomington is a nice place, but you don't want to get stuck in
> traffic near Indiana University between 4 and 5 PM.  Those traffic jams
> make that city seem MUCH bigger.
>  
>    -Bruce D.
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> --- On Mon, 12/20/10, john barrick <barrickjohn262@...> wrote:
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> 	From: john barrick <barrickjohn262@...>
> 	Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] M400 for sale
> 	To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> 	Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 5:19 PM
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> 	Hey Bruce, this is the other John, late of Cincinnati.  Paul
> Ahern is the guy you got yours from. I can't remember the name of the
> studio either, but it was touted as "the place that John Mellencamp
> records most of his stuff".  Supposedly the tron was used on a couple of
> his songs.   
> 
> 	I went up to see it the Saturday before the end of the auction,
> then you outbid me on the thing.  It looked to be in pretty decent
> shape, though you couldn't play a straight note on it at the time, as
> everything on it was slipping. 
> 
> 	There, you've got it, my memories of your Mellotron.
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> 	On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Rick Blechta <
> rick@...
> <http://us.mc636.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rick@...> >
> wrote:
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> 		On Dec 20, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Bruce Daily wrote:
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> 			
> 			Hey John-
> 			  I purchased my 'tron from a private owner in
> Bloomington.  He kept it in a studio, but I can't remember the name of
> the place at the moment.
> 			  Hard times for Mellotron sales & auctions.  I
> noted that the 2 units offered on ebay from Jon Salley's estate didn't
> even get bid on.  I hope they eventually find a good home.
> 
> 
> 		Bad time of year to be selling something like this, I'd
> suspect. I mean if you're wife or girlfriend were planning on buying you
> something like this, she would have already done it. Right?
>