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Subject: A couple things...

From: Berington Van Campen <vcmusicorp1@yahoo.com>
Date: 2010-11-27

Hey Frank,
I'm so sorry to read about Wolf!  Sounds like a great character to have had as part of the family!  And what "interesting" behavior you described!  Undies and pantyhose... I just hope he wasn't... ahem... uhhh... following someone's example!  Seriously, it's true, animals will eat the damnest things... I could go on, but it's admittedly a bit off-topic. 
 
I suppose to go back to ON-topic, in Rick's case, the shredded remains of his Former Mellotron library would give a whole new meaning to cats having tapeworms!  Man, I can see that happening though!  A word to the wise for those Mellotronists owned by cats...  OR dogs, for that matter!
 
Thanks for the Michael Iceberg links, too!  Great stuff, and I look forward to hearing/seeing more!  How would he have hooked up "wired-remote Chamberlins?"
 
And the Feet/Height thing - absolutely, it's a great thing to have your Mellotron on wheels.  I have my 'tron under a stand I built (at a height & width to just clear the Mellotron) to support a vintage Memory-Moog synth, which is far too clumsy to lift off if I need to get into the Mellotron.  So the Mellotron sits on a small Ampeg amp dolly that fits between the feet perfectly (as opposed to fitting between the feet of my dolly!), which raises it a little, and makes it easy to pull straight out for maintenance, frame swaps & "This is how it works" tours.
 
Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving, and are slowly reducing the look-alike "baby-bump!"  Oooff!

Berington Van Campen
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