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Subject: Re: My beloved Mellotron M400 for sale (sob!)

From: "pimroy@rocketmail.com" <leepomeroy@hotmail.com>
Date: 2011-07-07

Wow, another Pomeroy. Brilliant!! Thanks Vance and thanks everybody else. As Martin at Streetly rightly said, I am selling it out of want rather than need.

But if this were a support group, I'd recommend it to anyone :) You chaps are great.

Lee.



--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Vance Pomeroy <vance@...> wrote:
>
> Lee -
> From one Pomeroy to another.....my condolences.
> Vance
>
> On 7/6/2011 2:41 PM, Lee Pomeroy wrote:
> > Phew, I thought I'd offended everyone for a moment there.
> >
> > Thanks chaps, it is indeed sad but I can't keep hold of
> > the beauty as it's not getting any use.
> >
> > I'll get another one when I get a house that's not 300 years
> > old with a narrow staircase!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from Lee Pomeroy's iPhone
> >
> > On 6 Jul 2011, at 20:58, john barrick <barrickjohn262@...
> > <mailto:barrickjohn262@...>> wrote:
> >
> >> Having to sell it, Lee.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Lee Pomeroy <leepomeroy@...
> >> <mailto:leepomeroy@...>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi John, why is it terrible?
> >>
> >> ∗Lee Pomeroy
> >> www.leepomeroy.co.uk <http://www.leepomeroy.co.uk>∗
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> >> <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> >> From: barrickjohn262@... <mailto:barrickjohn262@...>
> >> Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:53:58 -0500
> >> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] My beloved Mellotron M400 for
> >> sale (sob!)
> >>
> >> Sorry, Lee. That's terrible...
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:32 AM, pimroy@...
> >> <mailto:pimroy@...> <leepomeroy@...
> >> <mailto:leepomeroy@...>> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi everyone.
> >>
> >> I am selling my beloved Mellotron M400 (Black, 1973, ex Edgar
> >> Froese Serial No. 1134) and thought I'd post here to see if
> >> anyone out there would be interested. I am in Sussex, England.
> >>
> >> I've had the tron since 2003 and it's a superb sounding
> >> machine. It has two tape frames with Mk2 Violins, Mk2 Brass,
> >> 8 Voice Choir and Mk2 Flute, Cello and Woodwind. The tapes
> >> were replaced when I had the tron serviced in 2004. I also
> >> replaced the motor with an SMS2 model.
> >>
> >> Edgar Froese's name can be seen on one of the tape frames and
> >> the chaps at Streetly verified that the machine had been sent
> >> to Edgar Froese in 1973.
> >>
> >> Well, that's it. Please feel free to contact me for photos of
> >> the machine if you're interested in buying it.
> >>
> >> Thanks, Lee.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> john barrick
> >>
> >> ∗Leo got it right the first time∗
> >> ∗then he added a second pickup and got it righter∗
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> john barrick
> >>
> >> ∗Leo got it right the first time∗
> >> ∗then he added a second pickup and got it righter∗
> >>
> >
>