Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: The Mellotron Group

Yes -
Be afraid - be very afraid...
Here in SoCal there is a wonderful place called The Nethercutt Collection http://nethercuttcollection.org/ . If you're in town, go. I was fortunate enough to be in the first group to tour through it in the early '70's. We also have a family friend that works there - he's the perfect combination for the place: a vintage auto and a mechanical musical instrument restorer. They rigged the Wurlitzer Theater Pipe Organ to a record and play from a computer in the 1970's. Also check out http://www.amica.org/Live/index.htm
That Ampico Bosendofer in the video was magnificent. Love these things.I have a Aeolian Duo-Art Reproducer (that needs work). I paid to have mine moved - I can't imagine doing it even with help!

Vance

On 1/5/2012 1:55 PM, fdoddy@aol.com wrote:

 

I was checking out robertsmusicalrestorations.com and they have these things for sale!!!  An old Wurlitzer Orchestrion?...with MIDI?   AAHHH!!!! I'm afraid to ask what these things sell for...


fritz

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 4:40 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance

 

Hi again.  Not all my message came through.

 

  My association with my buddy's player piano began with a phone call like this: "Hey Bruce, old pal, do you want to help me move something?"  From the tone of his voice I knew exactly what was to be moved.

 

  -Bruce D.

 

From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance

 

  Wow!  Das' a whole lotta keys at once!

  I love those old player pianos. They were one of the modern mechanical wonders back at the turn of the 20th century.

 

  A friend of mine got one for free, along with plenty of rolls.  It is a pump version, and never was converted to electric. 

From: ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 7:55 AM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance

 

Imagine the db's in the room! It fades in and out of sync long before the half way point.

Have you ever seen a Violano? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5M5sWzoNM&list=UUJEfvw6kthjP7SxW4xmKkUw&index=5&feature=plcp

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, fdoddy@... wrote:
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> My son found this. It makes me laugh. MIDI nickelodeon! Listen to the whole thing. F∗@king crazy!
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUy70dh8LY&list=FLwZbPytCGyMDGJ6rrsCyGSg&feature=mh_lolz
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> fritz
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