The Mellotron Group

Here's a great photo I took of John Wright when he came to my  house...
 

Shhh... don't anyone tell  him....
 
 
In a message dated 12/21/2010 9:55:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
john.wright@consona.com writes:

 
 
 
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@yahoogroups.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_ 
(http://www.echopark.com/studios.shtml) 
>  
> Regards,
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
>  
> ________________________________
> 
> From: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) 
>  [mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ]  On Behalf Of Bruce Daily
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 8:10  PM
> To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.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@yahoogroups.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@..._ 
(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:
> 
> 
> 
> 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?
>