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Mark- even in dreams the Riviera could give you a hernia! Beautiful though- do I remember seeing a studio in the West coast auctioning one off a couple of years ago? An M2 would be perfect- double keyboard- 12 tracks, 1/2 inch tape- fits in a station wagon! Why can’t someone revive the M series?
  The fingers are just a small obstacle between the brain and the keys- the wallet is another one, both are frustrating.
Thomas
 

Thanks Thomas, I am not sure about buying the book, having already over spent this years mellotron budget. I can sympathize with you over the chamberlin, in my dreams I have a Rivera ( Riviera ) which works perfectly, nobody has ever offered to sell me one!

I am beginning to wonder if keyboards are addictive, I've gone from a just Yahmaha PSR 295 to an M400 and a piano and I'm looking  for a Korg xd5 or an X50. And I can barely play!

Mark

--- On Thu, 7/31/08, Thomas C. Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org> wrote:

From: Thomas C. Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] new mellotron book
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 2:19 PM

  To be fair , i expected it to be one thing and it is something different.
i expected more detailed photos of mellotrons, and especially
chamberlins, maybe some of the the manufacturing process rather than the
celebrities that used them. I hoped for more technical information about
the recordings. I realize now that what I was hoping for was a 600 page
hardcover version of Frank Sammagio's book. The interviews are interesting
and there are somethings I hadn't heard over the years.
I wish there was a Chamberlin book even a small one- I often wish I had
gotten out to Harry's place and had him make me one. There was a guy in a
band "Rat Race Choir" who had an M2 and gave me the ph# et all but I never
got around to it (no $)
Okay, honestly I also feel that the book omitted certain things from the
American side some of which are of personal import, but I don't want to go
into sour grapes.

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> --- On Thu, 7/31/08, tomdcour <tomdcour@amnh. org <mailto:tomdcour%40amnh.org> > wrote:
> From: tomdcour <tomdcour@amnh. org <mailto:tomdcour%40amnh.org> >
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] new mellotron book
> To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 7:02 AM
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