The Mellotron Group

I'm sure you've seen Phil Cirocco's restored Novachord.? He showed it to me and played it for me before he moved to Georgia.

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proud new owner of a mint Wurli 200A restored by VintageVibe in neigboring Wharton NJ


 


 

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From: Mellotronist <mellotronist@cox.net>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:50 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT but with keys






















    

            





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----- Original Message ----- 

  
From: 
  Bernie 

  
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
  

  
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 6:25 
  AM

  
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT but 
  with keys

  



  

  

  

Go on Jon, tell us how many you're hoarding. 

  
Bernie

  

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, 
  "Jon" <jonesalley@...> wrote:
>
> I was contacted last 
  week by a production company that needed some nice current photographs of a 
  Hammond Novachord for a project they are working on. I responded and told them 
  that I would be happy to try to oblige them but would need a few days to 
  supply it, and they said that was fine, their deadline wasn't until today to 
  submit the photos for approval.
> 
> I spent four solid days 
  excavating and cleaning my nightmare of a garage enough to reorganize and make 
  room to pull a Novachord out and be able to set some backdropping in order to 
  get some decent photos. I spent another day cleaning, polishing, and doing 
  minor repairs to the prettiest of my Novachords in hopes that I could get it 
  looking good enough to pose for some pretty pictures. 
> 
> A 
  photographer friend of mine came over and took shots under different lightings 
  and from different angles, took the camera home and did some cropping and 
  editing, and came up with a nice array of attractive Novachord photos. I 
  submitted the photos and got word back yesterday that the Art Director for the 
  project was very pleased with the results and approved the photographs for 
  use. They sent releases for my photographer and I to sign, and I faxed them 
  back today, so it's a done deal.
> 
> A photograph of my Hammond 
  Novachord is going to appear in the companion DVD included in the upcoming 
  release of Disney's "Pinocchio" on DVD, and I'm going to get name credit as 
  the owner of the instrument! Even if I can't be famous, at least my toys 
  can...
> 
> So, here's Novachord #1431, looking prettier than she 
  has in decades. Still waiting on restoration, so not functional yet, but 
  looking like this is really making getting all of the electrical work done a 
  lot more urgent!
>


  







    
  

    
    
    
    




    
    
 






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