Hi Guys,
I had a similar thing happen to me. A man who was going into a nusing
home gave me his Voice of the Theatre sound system with several
Macintosh amps, Preamps etc... and 1000 New old stock RCA, Genalex,
Amperex and Mullard tubes from 1941 to 197000. I gave everything but
the tubes away which I gave to any friend or acquaintence that needed
one. Some of you have gotten some. I put 9 of them up on Ebay and got
$1200. Two the bidders privately bought 8 more for $ 2000. I am putting
some more up soon.
I contacted the fellows friends and found out he had died and left no
heirs. I felt conflicted because I think that if I did not at least try
to share my good fortune (even though it was my labor)
that it would be immoral.
I finally tried to give a third of current and future earnings to his
synagouge. They refused it, saying that I had given away most already.
I demurred. They finally sent me away telling me to give 10% if to my
favorite charity if I wanted to.
It still doesn't sit well with me. One day I could walk past a Mk2 that
is gathering dust or being used as a planter (like the one many of us
walked past at Rockfield). it woud be a windfall of sorts. What should
cool modern tronlister do ?
Of course I am not comparing any of this to the John's post. It just
reminded me.
AND
Owning 6 dogs I can recommend "Get Serious" it has lemon oil in it and
has been very good to my woodwork and my waterlogged Freeman.
Best
gino w
On Aug 17, 2004, at 4:59 AM, John LeVasseur wrote:
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> So I have a very nice collection of analog keyboards. A new Moog
> type modular by Synthesizers.com, a Prophet 10, a very choice and
> cherry D6 Clav, ARP 2600 and SE-IV, C3, Oberheim 8 voice, and
> others. So, my next door neighbor sees me humping these things in
> and out of my house from time to time, and the other day comes over
> and mentions he has "an old chord organ" in his basement taking up
> space and I can have it if I want it. So, just to be nice I say I'll
> take a look at it. Mind you, I've been living here for 15 years, and
> we have never said boo to each other (well maybe HI). So he opens up
> the basement door and the smell of musty old mildew reeks out of the
> dark pit before me.
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> Well he takes me over to this big black thing covered in fungus.
> That's when I realized it was a MUFF CASE. Holy smokes it can't be,
> I say in my head. I pull the thing away from the crap it was piled
> with and remove the straps and low and behold ... a Mellotron M400.
> I had a woody, but remained outwardly indifferent. I said, "...sure
> I'll take it, why not". He said they bought it for their son years
> ago and he blew it up, and its been down there ever since. He helped
> me hump it into my house. Little did I realize just how bad mildew
> smells inside your own house. But hell, its a Mellotron begging for
> a restoration. I can deal with the stink ... I thought.
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> Well, I'm scrubbing and scrubbing and still the stank is vile. I
> have owned trons in the past so stripping it down to the basic
> components was like getting on a bicycle for me. More scrubbing!
> The thing is in surprisingly good shape considering. The mechanics
> are fine, the tapes cleaned up well. It came with an extra tape
> frame in the separate case. But the smell was becoming
> uncomfortable, and my sinuses were going into a state of complete
> chaos from the spores. Ack!!!!
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> So, out of shear desperation I tried something. There is a product
> out there called NON-STOP, which is a stain remover/odor eliminator
> used for pet stains. It is an enzymatic odor eater (literally) used
> to get rid of cat urine smells in kennels. So, I got the stuff and
> sprayed the interior (with everything removed of course) of the
> cabinet, and then the outside of the cabinet. Stink gone!!! Now the
> Muff, of which I am not really sure how to approach cleaning this
> thing, but I will try the NON-STOP and let everyone know how it
> works. I'm sure there are plenty of musty trons out there begging
> for some fresh air also.
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> So here's the low-down, pads and rollers all there and in very good
> shape considering. CMC-10 though .... Argh! NO sticky keys, thank
> god. Here's the interesting part, the entire tron is covered in a
> white textured vinyl (not paint) and all edges are covered in an
> aluminum trim. I kinda like the look. I posted some photos in the
> photos section on the yahoo-Groups website for this list. But alas,
> the neighbor was right, the thing has a blown power transformer. Now
> the hunt begins!
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> Ok ... who's got one?
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> John LeVasseur
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