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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Chamberlin Rivera for sale

From: Jerry Korb <jkorb@...>
Date: 2007-11-06

 

Mark Pring wrote:

Do you  not like Chamberlins? I have never seen or
played one and have only heard them on Richard
Thompson and Harry Nilsson CDs. The sound certainly is
different but not in a way I can easily explain, I
really like it but if offered a choice between a
chamberlin and a tron would take the tron, unless of
course it was the rivera/riviera in which case I would
play it continuously for several months and then sell
it to buy an M5000!

Greetings Gang,  Been reading the latest posts, incl. the critique
of "Epsilon" (Ypsilon ) and the above. Incl.  the offensive
comments  from FS-VA.  Go easy on the caffeine, will 'yaFrank ?
 

Anyway, I have the orig. LP version of Ypsilon from the 70's.
As Ken Leonard indicated, it's mostly Tron on that version.
Not exactly a top-seller, but more an experiment with that instrument.
Much like some of the  Berlin-School copycat stuff heard onStarstreams.
.....it is what is is (was).....
 

I first heard/saw a Chamberlin (M1) at Pierre Veilleux's Montreal
apartment in 1997.  WOW ! was my first inpression . Later againin
2000 at Toronto, when Chris Dale brought his M1 to the Workshop.
 

....Finally, in 2006 , Ken/I  saw/heard the   MusicMaster 600 in Boston.
Chamberlins'  sound quality is quite nice.   Original recordings plus the
high-qual. heads were a great combo.   However the 600'spkg'g. left much
to be desired. The M1 was designed as well as it could be for thetime.
The Riviera will hopefully make a wonderful addition to someone's
collection/studio ....Add some more zeroes to that $1800.00 figure, FS-VA.
 

Speaking of caffeine, it's 0430 here and my day's just beginning. -- JK