And the weather was very nice outside ;-)
I hope nr 923 did not turn to a snowatron on the way back to Esa's place.
The other m400 he has is nr 1490. Have not seen it and don't know what's wrong
with it. Yet. As a tronless person I have understood that to own a tron is a very
private thing. You should not ask a man too many questions about the other tron's
condition. Especially if the working tron is listening ;-)
I'll pass the message to Esa.
Thanks for an excellent gig.
Raimo
P.S there's a third m400 in Finland too. It was owned by a musician who passed
away recently. Hope it goes for sale some day.
Esa's nr 923 is definitely the only working one.
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:02:17 EST
> From: ferrograph@...
> Subject: Re: moomintron alive & well
>
> glad to report that one of the two mellotrons in finland is in excellent
> shape. 923 has a rather elderly motor controller which eventually settled
down and
> gave stable performance, as did we (radio massacre international) at the
> espoo centre last saturday.
> sadly, the language barrier prevented much dialogue with esa kotilainen, it's
> owner, so I couldn't find out what was wrong with his other m400, but this
> one behaved perfectly. one of the strings, the cello and the flute, since you
> ask. his choir tapes are raxed, though, and european baggage allowances
> prevented us taking some of our own sounds for it. next time perhaps.
> raimo, if you're lurking out there, tell esa thanks some more- we got a great
> recording. I hope he likes the cd's. & have him get on to streetly and start
> using the 'trons again.
>
> duncan/r.m.i./m400nr1098 ("what's all that white stuff outside?")
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