The Mellotron Group

Apparently, Mel was involved in a sordid little mess south of the border  
before he came here. I thought I was just acquiring a junked up old Mellotron 
 that smelled like vomit and had what appeared to be urine stains in the 
bottom  of the cabinet. One day, after having owned it (him) for a couple of 
months, we  had a big party here at the house. I hadn't worked on this Tron 
much at the time  because I had others that needed to be completed first. So 
it just sat along one  wall in my music room, pretty much used as a table 
most of the night.
 
The next day, I found the Mellotron out in my garden, face down, with dirt  
in the keys and vomit all around. I took it out into my driveway and 
cleaned it  up and took a few photos. That's when I first met Mel... a Mellotron 
that has  taken an inordinate amount of my time, yet which (who?) sounds like 
no  other.
 
So now you all know the truth. You have to be very careful when buying old  
Mellotrons. Sometimes you don't always get what you think you're getting.
 
Frank 
 
(Mel Owner)
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/14/2013 8:45:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
j.k.beresford@hotmail.co.uk writes:

 
 
 
This tron had a near miss early in its life. Apparently it was bought from  
Mellotronics in 1968 for use in a cinema in Westbury, just on the edge of  
Salisbury Plain. Then the cinema burned down in the early 70's but the tron, 
 wearing its muff, escaped undamaged. The 2 LSA300 speaker units though 
were  lost in the fire. The tron then spent the next 2 decades in someones 
garage  unused and unloved until I acquired it through vemia.
Any other interesting  tron histories out there?

John

--- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  "tron400" <tron400@...> wrote:
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> It's a great looking  machine!
> 
> http://egrefin.free.fr/images/mellotron/M300/M3JB-10.jpg
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> Bernie
> 
> --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  "tripod4661" <j.k.beresford@> wrote:
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> > Hey  that's my tron!!
> > 
> > J
> > 
> > ---  In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  "tron400" <tron400@> wrote:
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> > > Kind of  like this? ;-)
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> > > http://egrefin.free.fr/images/mellotron/M300/M3JB-7.jpg
>  > > 
> > > Bernie
> > > 
> > > ---  In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  "tripod4661" <j.k.beresford@> wrote:
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> >  > > 
> > > > I have a nice M300 (serial no. 005) with  SMS2 and pitch control on 
the front panel rather than the tone control fitted  on later versions. 
Plus it doesn't have the nasty fluon turnbuckles that  caused so much trouble 
on M300s later on - instead it has nice yellow roller  types left over from 
MKII production. It's a nice tron and has always worked  perfectly!
> > > > 
> > > > John B.
> >  > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > >  > --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  John Wright <jwright911703@> wrote:
> > > > >
>  > > > > Agreed, wondering how many 300's are accounted for?  Especially 
those that are operational.
> > > > > 
>  > > > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > > > 
>  > > > > On May 12, 2013, at 7:40, "tron400" <tron400@>  wrote:
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> > > > > >  In
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