The Mellotron Group

ah....there it is......

On 12/21/2010 7:50 AM, lsf5275@aol.com wrote:
> 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%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?
>         >
>