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Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: So what white?

From: "John Wright" <john.wright@consona.com>
Date: 2009-10-20

sorry, behind on my reading!

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fdoddy@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 1:26 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: So what white?

 

He repainted the avocado tron.  It's now Harvest Gold.


fd


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta. com>
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Tue, Oct 20, 2009 1:11 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: So what white?

 

On Oct 20, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Bruce Daily wrote:

 This discussion thread gets me to wondering:  Why did Streetly finish the original 400s in white in the first place?  Was it simply to make them stand out from the other instruments on a stage?  Any thoughts, Martin?

The guy who used to paint them had once worked in a refrigerator factory. It was either white or avocado as far as he was concerned. Streetly wisely insisted on white. They did test one 400 in avocado. I believe Frankie Stickle has it in his kitchen.