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From: "fizzyal" <alduffy@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:23 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Mellotron Mk V


> I have what I think is a Mellotron Mk V (Double Console, Black stand
> up cabinet). It originally belonged to Oscar Petersen, Canadian Jazz
> keyboard player/composer, (it has 3 original racks of tapes, in
> addition to the two already in the machine, in their cases with
> delivery tags from London bearing his name attached)- but passed
> through the hands of Hugh Syme (keyboard player for Max Webster) and
> finally ended up with me.

Congrats! It is absolutely a Mark V, and you've just cleared up a 'Mellotron
query' for me re.Oscar Peterson. NOW - what the hell did he play it on? Oh,
and to my knowledge, Hugh Syme never played keys for the Maxes - that was
Terry Watkinson. Syme ∗did∗ play Mellotron on Rush's 'Tears' from '2112',
though.

Andy T.
M400 #1145
http://www.planetmellotron.com