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Ken Leonard wrote:
Gang,Point your thingy at http://www.kleonard.comfor some new things
Mellotronic from MONEYPIT and more.MONEYPIT has had a very busy start to the year with all kinds of things
going on. MONEYPIT is the Mellotron Owners of New England, orMellotron
Owners Needing Excessive Yen for Purchases for Improving theirTrons, or a
new one from Prof. Korb - Mellotron Owners of New England Yearn forParts
Improved and Traditional. Between restoring Mike Pinder's MarkII, getting
#1037 running, visits to other parts of the country, and the occasional
M400 work weekend, MONEYPIT and others who have been sucked in havebeen
quite busy.
GreetingsGang,
To add abit more background to the incredible Webpages
of KL, MONEYPIT had its humble beginnings in 1998 with
the visitof KL and KM for the weekend. The moniker immed.
was approp. How many people in the world are willing to
investloads of dosh in quirky musical instru. 30-40 years old ??
50's eracars yes, but a little white box often filled with "black rice" ?Though thename MONEYPIT implies membership or
residencyin New England, this isn't written in granite.
Thru these 6 years, we've been to
Torontotwice, Philly Workshop once, and many many
more visitsto each other's digs for Mellotronist's
Hunchbackor Cycling Sciatica. WHY do we do this ?
"Have Wobblies,Will Travel" ......Sorry Paladin !I originallyhailed from NJ , where the Mellotron first
landedfor general sales/dist. Though NJ is much maligned
and joked-about ("Joisey, what exit ?" ), I must
supportmy region of it ,which abounds in early techno
innovations(Edison,Tron sales, canals,etc). I'm sure those NJ
memberson our List ( I know of at least 9 ) will agree.Just takea look at Larry "Synergy" Fast's latest CD,
"ReconstructedArtifacts." Composed/recorded entirely
in MorrisCty, the CD artwork is full of pix of early things electrical.
Incl. anEdison voltmeter on front cover....'Nuff said......Then I moved to CT. Did I follow the Tron or vice-versa?
Dunno....I just happened to be 1/2 to 1 hr. away
from SoundSales' three locations, and Bomar's digs
in Southbury.Just as I was when in Bergen Cty ,from Dallas
Arbiterin Mahwah and Allendale .MONEYPITimplies a feeling of community. We're kindred spirits
all committed( & we SHOULD be!) to a common cause
for preservationand the use of these unique instruments.
Where elsecan you find people ages 20 to mid 50s,
all backgrounds,careers,personalities, etc . unified like no other ?
By KL'sorig. definition underscored above, we ALL belong
to MONEYPIT.Take yourtime perusing KL's Webpages, I'm sure they'll
entertain, amuse and inform , all simultaneously. From the
CanadianBorder all the way to Tijuana MX, MONEYPIT LIVES !!Ciao, JK