Seasons Greetings!
We're winding up a banner year for the Mellotron community.
Our friends at Mellotron Archives and Streetly continue to provide us with
new machines, tapes, refurbs/repairs, parts, and advice. Markus at MA
unveiled a dual manual in the spirit of the Mark V, and Streetly unveiled a
Skellotron that will be the platform for a new Novatron. New sounds have
been added to the Mellotron Tape Library in the past year, too.
MONEYPIT (Mellotron Owners of New England...or Mellotron Owners Needing
Excessive Yen for Purchases for Improving their 'Trons (see the MONEYPIT
group at
http://www.YahooGroups.com )) had several get-togethers, saw some
restorations/repairs, participated in a workshop/demo, and have started
some projects due to be complete next year. That's a lot of stuff.
Documenting the MONEYPIT activities is fun, and I'm glad to announce that
this year's installment has been finished up (well, maybe a few loose ends
or photos to come, but it's mostly there).
Off
http://www.kleonard.com/mellotron/ you will see the variety of
MONEYPITs for 2004:
- March:
-- An icy introduction to Sharayah, the restored Mark II "Pindertron"
-- A Return to "MONEYPIT South" (see October 2003)
- April:
-- A MONEYPIT trip to New Jersey, including a Morris Canal tour and a visit
to the Doddy Residence and a radio interview
- May:
-- Memorial Day Weekend in Vermont where we did some work on a machine you
may hear on an Aerosmith album someday
- July:
-- A Fun Fourth of July with The Moores, The Mellotron Demonstrator, The
Synertron, and The Mooatron (I wonder if that name will stick...:-) )
- The Gatherings:
-- A Mellotron Workshop in Philadelphia organized by Jeff Coultier
On Christmas Eve Day I spent a little while playing "The Dreary Set"
(piano, smooth organ, electric guitar) on #1037. It's definitely a
Mellotron---feh. But that's OK.
Have a good holiday season and a Mellotronic 2005!
...kl...
M400 #805 - shunned for the year...no MONEYPIT appearances!
M400 #1037 - no shunning - i'm running!