Hey Bruce, this is the other John, late of Cincinnati. Paul Ahern is the guy you got yours from. I can't remember the name of the studio either, but it was touted as "the place that John Mellencamp records most of his stuff". Supposedly the tron was used on a couple of his songs.
I went up to see it the Saturday before the end of the auction, then you outbid me on the thing. It looked to be in pretty decent shape, though you couldn't play a straight note on it at the time, as everything on it was slipping.
There, you've got it, my memories of your Mellotron.
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Rick Blechta
<rick@rickblechta.com> wrote:
On Dec 20, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Bruce Daily wrote:
Hey John-
I purchased my 'tron from a private owner in Bloomington. He kept it in a studio, but I can't remember the name of the place at the moment.
Hard times for Mellotron sales & auctions. I noted that the 2 units offered on ebay from Jon Salley's estate didn't even get bid on. I hope they eventually find a good home.
Bad time of year to be selling something like this, I'd suspect. I mean if you're wife or girlfriend were planning on buying you something like this, she would have already done it. Right?