You sum it up totally here, Jon!.. We're all very privileged to be
custodians and evangelists of these bizarre machines whilst we have the
chance. A 400 is STILL a little bit of magic even though it lives in the
shade of its more accomplished siblings. I saved hard for my 'Tron, and I'm
proud of it!!
CfN!!
C
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>From: "JS" <jonesalley@...>
>To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] More on MKII
>Date: Wed, Sep 25, 2002, 11:18 pm
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>It's funny, isn't it? I am desperate to acquire a Mk. II, a Mk. I or a Mk.
>V, and can't agree more that the sound that those monsters produces is
>different than that of the M400 series, but we're talking two totally
>different creatures here. I submit that owning one of the big ones is
>great, just like owning a V-12 Ferrari F-50, but I'd still be thrilled to
>drive a little V-8 Ferrari 360 Modena. It's still way cooler than anything
>else on the road, and the M400, despite its limitations, is still way cooler
>than any other keyboard out there with the obvious exception of its big
>brothers. Let's face it, there's only 2400 of us in the world that have
>this privilege (probably fewer still when you count the dead and missing
>Mellotrons) and no matter what flavor it happens to be, it still has the
>unmistakable taste of Mellotron.
>
>Jon E Salley
>MiloJohnson@...
>M400 #886
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