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Subject: [Mellotronists] Trons lost in disasters

From: tron@...
Date: 2004-08-22

> The story about the guy getting the tron from his neighbor made me
> wonder how many units have been lost in hurricanes(Charley?)
> tornadoes,fires,or floods that could account for all the missing
> manufactured product...(not counting Rick Wakeman's bonfire)

A while bak I was in touch with a 1970s 'Tron player from Scotland
called Adrian Spence. He told me that his band had bought an M400 to
replace the Mk II which they used to have which had a tendency to break
down rather a lot. They only got a few months' use out of the M400
before it was lost in a house fire in Glasgow.

His band wrote a piece to commemorate the event, called 'Death Of 400'.

Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/