Apparently, Mel was involved in a sordid little mess south of the border
before he came here. I thought I was just acquiring a junked up old Mellotron
that smelled like vomit and had what appeared to be urine stains in the
bottom of the cabinet. One day, after having owned it (him) for a couple of
months, we had a big party here at the house. I hadn't worked on this Tron
much at the time because I had others that needed to be completed first. So
it just sat along one wall in my music room, pretty much used as a table
most of the night.
The next day, I found the Mellotron out in my garden, face down, with dirt
in the keys and vomit all around. I took it out into my driveway and
cleaned it up and took a few photos. That's when I first met Mel... a Mellotron
that has taken an inordinate amount of my time, yet which (who?) sounds like
no other.
So now you all know the truth. You have to be very careful when buying old
Mellotrons. Sometimes you don't always get what you think you're getting.
Frank
(Mel Owner)
In a message dated 5/14/2013 8:45:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
j.k.beresford@hotmail.co.uk writes:
This tron had a near miss early in its life. Apparently it was bought from
Mellotronics in 1968 for use in a cinema in Westbury, just on the edge of
Salisbury Plain. Then the cinema burned down in the early 70's but the tron,
wearing its muff, escaped undamaged. The 2 LSA300 speaker units though
were lost in the fire. The tron then spent the next 2 decades in someones
garage unused and unloved until I acquired it through vemia.
Any other interesting tron histories out there?
John
--- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) , "tron400" <tron400@...> wrote:
>
> It's a great looking machine!
>
> http://egrefin.free.fr/images/mellotron/M300/M3JB-10.jpg
>
> Bernie
>
> --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) , "tripod4661" <j.k.beresford@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey that's my tron!!
> >
> > J
> >
> > --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) , "tron400" <tron400@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Kind of like this? ;-)
> > >
> > > http://egrefin.free.fr/images/mellotron/M300/M3JB-7.jpg
> > >
> > > Bernie
> > >
> > > --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) , "tripod4661" <j.k.beresford@> wrote:
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> > > >
> > > > I have a nice M300 (serial no. 005) with SMS2 and pitch control on
the front panel rather than the tone control fitted on later versions.
Plus it doesn't have the nasty fluon turnbuckles that caused so much trouble
on M300s later on - instead it has nice yellow roller types left over from
MKII production. It's a nice tron and has always worked perfectly!
> > > >
> > > > John B.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) , John Wright <jwright911703@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Agreed, wondering how many 300's are accounted for? Especially
those that are operational.
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> > > > > Sent from my iPhone
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> > > > > On May 12, 2013, at 7:40, "tron400" <tron400@> wrote:
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> > > > > > In
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