Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Mellotronists
Subject: Things in general...
From: tronbros@...
Date: 2002-11-08
OK, so lets talk......
Some of you have mellotrons. All of you love them. Those that have them periodically ask for help to make them work better, either privately or on this list. You complain about buzzes, dull notes, instabilities, etc., etc.
We exist to help. We do help as many of people will testify. We offer fixes, self help and sometimes assist above the call of duty....but don't brag about it.
At some stage all of you may need help BUT for us to be here to help means that ocassionally we need to sell some stuff to pay for replacement stocks, new additions, improvements etc etc. So every so often we offer a deal here, a deal there. And most of the time we hear nothing. So,(and I've asked this before) just what do you want and what is this desperately quiet group of people all about?
The tape amnesty was to provide you with ORIGINAL tape that would drive exceptionally well at a very reasonable cost. You could choose the sounds you wanted and you'd end up with a new set, edited, with cut marks, no measuring, etc., etc. at half price. We have hunted high and low for this stock. However this has obviously failed to impress. That's fine but at some point in time you'll ask us to solve your infernal and possibly unique problem. We will almost certainly do just that but to what end?
Perhaps owning a mellotron is just that. You can say in a loud voice, in some restaurant or bar that "I own a Mellotron!". If that is all this about then let's own up, but please say it isn't!
Martin
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