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----- Original Message -----From: ClayESent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 6:38 PMSubject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Orchestrons...!Very nice arrangement Mattias! Hope you do well with this.
I am now a Nanook of the North fan.
Clay
--- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com, Mattias Olsson (Roth Händle studios) <Mattias.olsson5@ ...> wrote:
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> Hey hey,
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> There seems to have been a lot of Orchestrons resurfacing lately...I know of three that are shifting hands for impressive prices. Are they worth it ? Probably not. But is a Mellotron 400 with one tape frame worth 5 -6000 ? A lot of people wouldnt think so...
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> Anyways this discussion has made me think about how much I use mine and how it compolements the Mellotron. Also...the other week I got the latest "new" disc from Pea Hicks, The Marimba...and it sounds great. Not as much resonance as the Mellotron Marimba rolls. I think he will be doing Glockenspiel next which is a terrifying thought considering the instruments somewhat limited frequency range...
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> A couple of weeks back my band Nanook of the North mixed a track with the Orchestron choirs in the verses doubling the glockenspiel.
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> If you are curious to hear it you can download it here...
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> https://download. yousendit. com/ZW9Bek9nTXYz MWxMWEE9PQ
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> The orchestral stuff (harp, glockednspiel, french horn, cello and clarinet) is all real. Other keyboards are the Yamaha GX-1, Mellotron stringsection, solina organ (the bass), Mellotron vibes.
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> This isnt released yet so for private consumtion only, please...
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> have a great weekend...!
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> Mattias,
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> Roth Händle studios, Stockholm
> www.youtube. com/user/ RothHandle
> www.myspace. com/Molesome
> Current projects:
> The Aristocrats (U.S) - Elephant and Castle - Antkowiak (Pol) - Nanook of the North - Bröderna Lejonhjärta, Stadsteatern - Den Girige, dramaten - Paul Sumner (U.K) - Akaba
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