Hey there Ken,
Great meeeting you and everyone else involved with the workshop.
And by the way Ken...if you want #805 to have another companion, you
may be interested to know #804 is currently up for bids on
ebay...bidding is still only in the triple-digits. It appears to need
some work...but for someone who knows what they're doing with the
skeletal parts of a tron, it might be of interest!
BTW---the only thing worse than the New Jersey Turnpike is the Garden
State Parkway north of Woodbridge...if THAT road can't kick your
adrenaline into high-gear, you're probably dead!
Regards,
Brad
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Ken Leonard <ken@k...> wrote:
> Hey Boggs,
>
> Good to meet you - although I think we exchanged about four words
total. I
> was a little busy. :-)
>
> It was a lot of fun to demonstrate the Mellotron there at The
Gatherings,
> but in thinking about it I had more to do/show...plus we had those
awesome
> songs practiced up oh so thoroughly and didn't have time to play
> them! (whew!) Oh well---maybe there'll be another one of these at
some point.
>
> Oh - Don't forget Gino and Brad, too!
>
> The overall night had the intro from Chuck Van Zyl (who runs The
> Gatherings), then an intro from Jeff Coultier. We then had Jerry
Korb's
> history discussion followed by a break. I then explained all the
parts of
> the M400 and assembled #1037 for whoever was interested while
others went
> and listened to the 3 working (or kinda working :-) ) machines and
their
> sounds with Jimmy, Gino, and Brad. I got #1037 set up on sawhorses
> "working" to a round of applause, although the pitch control wasn't
working
> and the motor was running too fast---a problem he had before and
it's
> baaa-aaaaack. Then we were just about out of time, and Chuck
closed out
> the evening. We then had less than 1/2 hour to break down what we
did and
> get the vans loaded. Roadying---feh!
>
> I will have a couple of pictures on the web
site...uhhh...eventually. :-)
>
> Jerry and I just got back to Boston---uneventful drive, thankfully
(and a
> very pleasant route---totally avoiding the New Jersey Turnpike---
thanks,
> navigator Jerry!). We'd like to thank Jimmy, Nancy, and family for
putting
> us up (and putting up with us) and for the help with the equipment
and
> transportation.
>
> #1037? Well, stuff happens. At least 2 1/2 'trons out of the 4
worked. :-)
>
> Brad's Novatron is clean as a whistle and played very well.
>
> ...kl...
> #805 - didn't make the trip
> #1037 - runningtoofastandcan'tslowdown
>
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