The Mellotron Group

Jeez Mark, buzzkill. 8-)

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On May 20, 2013, at 19:35, Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> It's even harder that some of us aren't much younger and have got this to look forward to!
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> Mark
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> From: Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org>; 
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>; 
> Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] RIP Ray Manzarek 
> Sent: Mon, May 20, 2013 11:23:39 PM 
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> It is hard to watch one by one , these rock pioneers fall away. I think the story goes that Ray originally played a vox continental but it was an italian model. These had plastic keys that were glued to metal shafts, unlike the wooden British keys , and they broke off. The italian vox also has a reedier sound, a little closer to a farfisa. He replaced the vox with the Gibson later on.
> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] on behalf of matthew meixner [ccstickleback@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 6:38 PM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] RIP Ray Manzarek
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> Looks like the news is directed towards this bout with cancer.  I never heard anything and didn't even know he was sick.  Sad, he has always been an amazing influence.
> M
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> From: Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com>
> To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 5:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] RIP Ray Manzarek
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> I like the sound of the vox as well. I think he is dead though.
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> Mark
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> From: matthew meixner <ccstickleback@yahoo.com>
> To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] RIP Ray Manzarek
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> He used a Vox Continental and Kalamazoo orgen, not Farfisa.  Sorry, also heard yet it is a hoax.
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> From: Mark Pring <markpringnz@yahoo.com>
> To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 5:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] RIP Ray Manzarek
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> Sorry to hear of his death. I liked his playing and the Farfisa sound.
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> Mark
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> From: JAMES STRAUSS <jandjstrz@verizon.net>
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 9:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] RIP Ray Manzarek
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> My wife hated the chessy farfisa sound - but I loved the studio work - he was great with that Doors mysterioso sound........
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XzHotB5-To
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