The Mellotron Group

I came out to haul my son, his dog and his car back to Virginia. He  had 
lived in Longmont for 5 years or so.
 
 
In a message dated 12/22/2010 8:42:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
pocotron@yahoo.com writes:

 
 
 
Err, how high?
Hope you had fun here in Colorado, Frank.  Too bad our paths  didn't cross.
 

  -Bruce D.


--- On Tue, 12/21/10, 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: Tuesday, December 21, 2010,  6:09 PM


 
 
Bruce, I was just out in Longmont recently. I should have  remembered and 
stopped by to say high.
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 12/21/2010 7:59:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
pocotron@yahoo.com writes:

 
     
Thanks John-
  Neat to see the picture.  When I picked up my  'tron, it was in studio A, 
a sizable but cozy feeling  studio.  I didn't see studio B.  It's  probably 
in a different building.
  It seems that some studios are in unexpected  locations and buildings.  
The exterior of Echo Park  certainly didn't give away what was inside.  It 
just  looked sort of like a warehouse.  But, you have to stay  secure.  
There's a sizable studio here in downtown  Loveland CO, in an upstairs area.  Our 
old downtown area  is fairly small, but I can't even guess where the studio  
is.
 
   -Bruce D.


--- On Tue, 12/21/10, John Wright  <john.wright@consona.com> wrote:



From: John  Wright <john.wright@consona.com>
Subject: RE:  [newmellotrongroup] M400 for sale
To:  newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, December  21, 2010, 6:31 AM


 
 
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
 
 


 
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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




     
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@gmail.com>  wrote:



From:  john barrick  <barrickjohn262@gmail.com>
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] M400 for sale
To:  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@rickblechta.com_ 
(http://us.mc636.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rick@rickblechta.com) >  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?