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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Orchestron

From: Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-05-08

That was pretty funny Mike!!
 
 
Orchestrons are good in their own way, just not comparable at all to a Mellotron. The sound is different, as is the feel of playing one.
 
But then it was advertised back then as mainly an improvement over the Mellotron's 8 second limit, and with improved portability. Of course, back then they didn't care as much whether you had an Orchestron, Birotron, Mellotron, or Chamberlin -  as long as you didn't have to hire an orchestra.
 
 
 
 


 
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org> wrote:
 

Well it's a moot point for me- the one I was looking at got pulled off of ebay for some mysterious reason. Kind of a relief actually.


On May 8, 2012, at 3:41 AM, Mike Dickson wrote:

 

On 8 May 2012 08:38, Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com> wrote:
 

The Orchestron does have a much lower fidelity than the tape instruments: Mellotron, Chamberlin, Birotron, but some of the sounds have an interesting graininess to them.


Well...yes. In the same sense that Gravel Lasagne has an interesting crunchiness to it.

Mike