The Mellotron Group

Everyone: please welcome back Rattus Brittanicus (with the valve issue)  :>

On 2/27/08, miceinmymellotron <markstuartwallis@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi folks, Wallis here, long time no squeak. Glad to see you're all happily
> munching away at
>  the cheese of life.
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>  I'm fine as is dear old M400 151. What with trying to nurse a kit-fixing
> business into life
>  and suddenly being in several bands I hadn't got round to the actual
> technicalities of
>  jumping ship, i.e. remembering my Yahoo password. All going well, this year
> I'm actually
>  making a living and have a nice backlog of work.
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>  The murine references are most appropriate. At Hockley Street Studios we
> have a mouse
>  problem- they've been nibbling at cables (all types!!), mixer knobs, even
> the feet of an ARP
>  Odyssey that I've just repaired. Little bastards. It's personal now. If
> they start on my tapes..
>  Actually, they'll probably wait until she gets some fresh ones..
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>  Once I dismantled a Leslie 700 that I'd left in my Dad's greenhouse to find
> that the fabric
>  drive belt had been severed by tiny teeth. Tiny paws then took the stolen
> threads and
>  proceeded to weave the most perfectly round nest on top of the Rotosonic
> drum. Just as
>  well that they'd disabled the thing by eating through the belt.
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>  Chorale= dizzy mice
>  Tremolo= minced mice
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>  Incoming joys include 2 more BIRD organs (Yes, I know, there's something
> wrong with
>  me..) for my collection of old rubbish and a pair of Cadey multitracks to
> look after and
>  indeed use. You'll probably find the Cadeys interesting, they're British 2"
> tape machines,
>  one 16 track and one 24 track. Full of valves, apparently made of cheese.
> Cargo Studios
>  had a 16 track in the 80s and recorded Joy Division on one amongst others.
> Full spec and
>  pics later- I still need to shift them from a garage in Coventry to our
> place in Birmingham.
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>  Anyway, time to run back up the curtains. I shall now draw a bath.
> Unimpressed by my
>  draughtsmanship, the boiler will reward me with a real bath full of
> lukewarm water.
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>  Love and Scones,
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>  msw
>  x
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Other odd rare unusual and maligned electronic instruments and devices

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