The Mellotron Group

fantastic! just precious...


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Wright <john.wright@consona.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, Sep 30, 2009 1:56 pm
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Mellotron film in London...






















    

                  





I'd bet there are a lot of folks on this list that are, 
or were, Volkswagen owners.  I'm talking about the aircooled variety.  
If you did not maintain them, you were hosed.


 


John


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From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gary 
Brumm
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:34 PM
To: 
newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: 
Mellotron film in London...





  








“Mellotrons should be like Harleys”……Great 
analogy Frank!! 

















From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
lsf5275@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:14 
PM
To: newmellotrongroup@ya hoogroups.com
Subject: 
Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Mellotron film in 
London...









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 Ir
ving 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 id e a to house the20
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@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 here20anytime. Hopefully you haven't frightened him 
  away.

Clay