The Mellotron Group

Oh no, the missing imbedded picture thread again.  Two biggest threads
are the "Watcher" mix and " I can't see imbedded Frank's pictures. 8-)
 
A bit early, but Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, et. al. to the list!
 
John


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	From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel
	Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9:49 AM
	To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
	Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Studio B
	
	
	  

	I see the picture!?
	
	What the...? I rarely see the picture.
	
	Dan
	
	--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> , "John Wright"
<john.wright@...> wrote:
	>
	> This link is from Echo Park; still in business. Note the M400
in the
	> Studio B picture. Must be Bruce's?
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> http://www.echopark.com/studios.shtml
	> 
	> Regards,
	> 
	> John
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> ________________________________
	> 
	> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> 
	> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Bruce Daily
	> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 8:10 PM
	> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> 
	> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] M400 for sale
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> 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.
	> 
	> 
	> --- On Mon, 12/20/10, john barrick <barrickjohn262@...> wrote:
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> From: john barrick <barrickjohn262@...>
	> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] M400 for sale
	> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> 
	> Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 5:19 PM
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> 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.
	> 
	> 
	> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Rick Blechta <
	> rick@...
	> <http://us.mc636.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rick@...> >
	> wrote:
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> On Dec 20, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Bruce Daily wrote:
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> 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?
	>