The Mellotron Group

The Froese Mk V is at www.eboardmuseum.com as well.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ceccles_ca" <ecclesreinson@rogers.com>
To: <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 12:43 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Mark V owners


> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "jaybe52000"
> <jaybe52000@...> wrote:
>>
>> I realized I'd never asked on the old list or this one how many
> members own a Mark V like 
>> myself?
>> 
>> I know Professor Korb brought Pat Moraz' modified Mark V "Novatron"
> back to life, and I've 
>> seen pics of the studio in Japan that has a Mark V with a Birotron
> sitting on top.
>> 
>> I know from our friend Ken Leonard that Pierre Veilleux also owned a
> Mark V at one point in 
>> time but he no longer has it if I recall correctly.
>> 
>> John
> 
> Allen Duffy owns a MK V.  It is a Novatron.  (He says that it was
> Oscar Peterson's). Jon Salley has the Pat Moraz Novatron MK V.  Mark
> Glinsky had Pinder's Novatron MK V and sold it to a collector in Italy.
> 
> There were about 31 MK V's built.  28(?) were Mellotrons and 3 of them
> were Novatrons.  Looks like all 3 Novatron MK V's are accounted for.
> 
> sources:
> http://www.echoes-music.co.uk/Mellotron/source/mel_labs_history.html
> 
> http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Aug02/articles/mellotron.asp
> 
> Clay
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