The Mellotron Group

Clay, 
 
Before we close out this subject, I want to say that some of Chris' points  
were well made. I too think Dianna should have further investigated the  
background a little more. It's not just about Harry Chamberlin or Chilton &  
his partner Irving Talentmaker. There's so much more...
 
I would have liked to see the film include more on what lead up to using  
recording tape to play back other peoples instruments. Perhaps a small 
section  explaining how recording tape stores and plays back sound. Actually, I've 
always  wondered how they get the oxide to stick to the tape. Oh, and how 
the oxide was  invented... who thought that up?
 
When one thinks about Harry Chamberlin, who doesn't wonder about that  
garage where he made his first instruments. Who built the garage? Did Harry's  
wife (Ethel) ever yell at him to stop fooling with his inventions and wash up 
 for lunch?
 
And Optigans... They have to be in the film so that people know that there  
was actually a shittier way to reproduce real instrument sounds for 
playback on  a keyboard than the Mellotron. Where's the fucking perspective? How 
else would  people actually know that Harry's technology reached its pinnacle 
with the  Mellotron and that any attempts to advance beyond that were just a 
giant  nosedive into a pile of crap.
 
God love the M4000, but it is, after all just a brand new Edsel with a  
better motor, stickier tires and a substantially larger trunk (boot). *
 
So if your going to make a movie about Mellotron, fuck Kanye, tell us more  
about something important, like how Harry Chamberlin came up with the idea 
to  house the mechanics in a Formica box years before Jimmy Moore stole the 
idea for  his Mellotron.
 
Was Mattel the only toy maker to try to build a crappy Mellotron rip off,  
or was Hasbro thinking of getting into the business as well? Where's the  
research I ask you? Where is the perspective.
 
Do you realize that there's video out there of Mattias Olsen playing wine  
glasses on his Mellotron? Where does anyone thank Ben F**king Franklin for  
actually playing music on real wine glasses 250 years before Mattias even  
existed? Where's the perspective?
 
Mellotrons should be like Harleys... Only old fuckers should have  one.
 
Frank
 
My Mellotron


My Harley (Yeah, it's a Shovel Head)
 
 
* I love mine so no one freak out.
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/29/2009 10:42:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ecclesreinson@rogers.com writes:

 
 
 
--- In _newmellotrongroup@newmellotronnew_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  Chris Dale wrote: 
> You're lucky I'm not the moderator here. Your  sneaky dishonest ass would 
be gone.

I am BORED to death with this story  Chris. Please take your issue with 
Mattias offline. Nobody gives a shit about  it here but you.

I will not be removing anyone from this group. Mattias  is welcome to post 
messages here anytime. Hopefully you haven't frightened him  away.

Clay