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Tron Bros,

Considering the rarity of Chamberlins in Britain, and that this was a600, isn't it a strong possibility that the machine was one of theoriginals brought to Bradmatics by Bill Franson? Or have those machinesbeen accounted for?

Bob S.

Andy Thompson wrote:

 

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From: tronbros@...

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Sent:Monday, August 23, 2004 8:53 AM

Subject:[Mellotronists] Re: Mellotron disaster

OK...........

Whilst on me summer hols I received an email to say that a Chamberlin600 MusicMaster had been found in the basement of a house in afashionable suburb of Birmingham, England - our home town.  I told Johnexcitedly, returned home ten days later to find out that the lady ofthe house had scrapped it in the interim 'cos she didn't want an oldorgan cluttering the place.  If Thomas Hardy was still around I'dsubmit it as the plot for a miserable novel.

Martin

I've deliberately not put this info up, 'cos I'm still tooupset about it. What's the chances of a mate of a mate moving into anew house and finding a bloody Musicmaster 600 in the basement? InBritain? And then before he can get to it this bloke's ignorant (muchspleen venting and abuse deleted) wife SCRAPS the fucking thing? OK, itwas in terrible condition, but I'd have been up there like a shot (lessthan 150 miles). I'm absolutely gutted.

 

Andy T.

 

p.s. FWIW, ifanyone wants to get all the phone nos.of scrap merchants in Shirley,near Solihull (Birmingham), good luck.