Then again, I'm the one wishing to make a Mission-style cabinet for my M400, using quarter-sawn oak veneer..... maybe. -Bruce D. --- On Mon, 3/14/11, Tony <atm655@verizon.net> wrote:
From: Tony <atm655@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] To renovate or not to renovate?...that is the question
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, March 14, 2011, 12:15 PM
True, finding an original ane will be a challange, but worth persuing, imho. Maybe leaving the inside alone would be paying homage enough to it's heritage. Beginning to see the diversity in opinions of the members John? It's all good, :-). Tony ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] To renovate or not to renovate?...that is the question
Hi John- If it was a museum piece, then the body should be kept as the Strawbs last left it. But it's not, it is meant to be played. Keep some pictures of the way it used to be, but make the body, mechanics, and electronics as good as they can be. Oh yeah, try and find a new panel (no sarcasm intended). I think you chose well. -Bruce D.
--- On Mon, 3/14/11, Tony <atm655@verizon.net> wrote:
From: Tony <atm655@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] To renovate or not to renovate?...that is the question
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, March 14, 2011, 8:03 AM
I don't drag my Mellotron around, but keeping it mint is always in mind. Apologies in advance to the group who already know, but I prefer black over white and always have, so if it was up to me, I'd get a new control panel and a pro paint job. My 2¢ worth. Tony ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:37 AM Subject: [newmellotrongroup] To renovate or not to renovate?...that is the question
Hi Guys,
A few years ago I acquired the Strawbs old M400. It was in a bit of a mess shall we say. The electro-mechanicals needed a really good clean up and complete re-adjustment but everything was there. The cabinet however needed a new floor, the bottom corners had come apart and so it was bolted together with huge aluminium angles, it had some quite big holes drilled in it, the front and back panels had gone (the back was covered with black material on stage) and it had been very badly painted black with a brush (like a sweeping brush!). Oh and the control panel was really badly scratched.
So....I renovated it back to pristine white again having done all the necessary repairs and I gave it a new control panel. I took photos of it at various stages and then got Dave Cousins and John Hawken to authenticate it.
Now I'm thinking of selling it and I'm wondering did I do the right thing? Should I have left the cabinet as it was? Should I have repainted in black but with a good finish? Sould I have left the old control panel on (although I think I've still got it somewhere)?
What do you guys think...would you prefer something that showed the life it had even though it was a mess or something that has the provenance but has been renovated back to it's former glory?
cheers
John
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