The Mellotron Group

You're fortunate to have perfect knobs.


--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "tony1" <atm655@...> wrote:
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> On the subject of control panels and their differences, I consider myself very lucky to have a pristine original one (silver), perfect knobs, on/off switch (including the sacred flicker lite and red cover), just spot on.
> But ANY Mellotron control panel is a good control panel, I just have a preference.
> Thanks again to John and Martin for the flawless restoration in 2006.
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> Best,
> Tony
> #510 owner since 1975
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>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: kinchmusic@... 
>   To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:34 PM
>   Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: New short Mellotron tune
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>   In a message dated 23/04/2009 20:33:50 GMT Daylight Time, ecclesreinson@... writes:
>     Can you tell us about the black trim, control panel and cheek blocks?
>     Your mellotron looks and sounds great
>   The look of my machine is due to JB & MS's  wonderful restoration about 12 years ago.
>   As you can see from the vid, mine is one of the dreaded EMI machines, that was in tatters when I bought it. It had been rotting in someone's basement for at least 10 years before that. Streetly completely restored it to health, re-aligning everything, basically rebuilding it from scratch. The control panel was black originally black, but the guys gave it a paint job, so as to look like new. Any parts that were missing, they either had as spares, or were able to manufacture.
>   The front cover was missing, so one had to be made, hence the black. (It's white on the other side).
>   The black trim is something I added a couple of years ago to protect the edges of the cabinet from everyday wear and tear.
>   It plays like a brand new machine, particularly with the new tapes, and I love it to bits.
>   However, I do get asked to do the occasional session or small gig, and I am no longer prepared to risk damaging it or doing my back in lifting it. That's why the Memotron is such a worthy substitute. It's cool to look at, very fast in use, extremely portable, and, would you believe it, it even sounds like a Mellotron!............................................ But it's not!
>   Andy K
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