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52 records · Owner jonesalley · Created 2002-09-18 · Updated 2017-12-03

Record Instrument type (Mellotron, Chamberlin, Birotron, Orchestron Model Serial Number Owner Location Year acquired Sounds Email URL Provenance, interesting details
1 Mellotron M400 886 Jon Salley Hutchinson, Kansas 2001 Cello/3 Violins/Flute mellotronist@cox.net www.myspace.com/tintagelmusic none known, acquired from second owner who bought it in 1978, probable build date Summer 1971 - came with muff, acquired original manual and pedal via eBay
2 Mellotron M400S 500 Bernie Kornowicz Newington, Connecticut 1973 4 frames: GC3 Brass, String Section, Combined Choir / MkII Violins, MkII Combined Brass, Russian Choir / Classic Strings, M300A, M300B / String Section (no cello), Woodwinds 2, Ian McDonald's Classical Flute kornowicz@cox.net www.wushucenter.com Purchased from some music store in Boston.
4 Mellotron 400sm 413 Terry Conheady Rochester, New York 1985 oboe/bassoon/full strings tmconheady@yahoo.com
6 Mellotron M400 364 Jeffrey Coulter Coatesville, PA USA 1994 Flute/Strings/Choir & Choir/Oboe/Vibes jeffc@netaxs.com http://www.netaxs.com/~jeffc/ Bought from original owner. Examined/massaged into perfection by Streetly at 2001 PA clinic.
7 Mellotron MK-VI 006 Tom Herbers Minneapolis, MN 2000 Flute, 300 strings, 8 voice choir tomherbers@aol.com www.tomherbers.com
8 Mellotron EMI m400 E4/140S Andy Kinch Near Oxford. England. 1998 3 violins. Mixed Brass B. 8 choir. Ian McDonald flute. Cello. m400 violins. kinchmusic@aol.com www.go.to/andykinch Been addicted to Mellotrons (owned 4) since hearing King Crimson for the first time
9 Mellotron M400 805 Ken Leonard Boston, MA 1998 Came w/ a Cello, 3 violins, Flute set (Mellotron Archives). Also available: Ian M. Flute, St. John's Wood Church Organ, 8-voice Choir, M300A, M300B, Oboe, Woodwinds II, String Section, GC3 Brass, Male Choir, and maybe one or two more. Coming: Piano, Electric Guitar, Smooth Organ (all Mark II sounds) http://www.kleonard.com From Washington State; seller needed money for vintage Ludwig clear drum set
10 MellotronM400 # 285; Mellotron F/X console #006 Jimmy Moore Glen Mills Pa. M400- 2000: F/X console#006 M400 a-boys choir; B-3 Violins: C- Rick's French Horn // A-Ian Mcdonald flute; B-MK II strings: C- 8 voice mixed choir JMoore6397@aol.com East Coast Streetly Agent
11 Chamberlin M-1 86123 Tom Herbers Minneapolis 2000 trumpet, flute, bassoon, vibe, cello, violin, f. voice, m. voice tomherbers@aol.com www.tomherbers.com
12 Mellotron M400 1001 Roc Burgo Mullica Hill, NJ 2001 string section, 8-voice choir, St. John Woods Church Organ rvbhealed@msn.com www.mp3.com/healingghosts
14 Mellotron M400 1145 Andy Thompson London, England 1985 flutes/3 violins/8 choir, cellos/string section/MkII brass andy.thompson@virgin.net http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson Two blokes living in Essex. Claimed it was ex-Crimson. Wasn't.
15 Mellotron MK VI 035 Berend Dubbe Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2002 3 Violins, Flute, Cello - Male Choir, Celeste, French Horn bdubbe@xs4all.nl www.bauer-plaza.com
17 Mellotron FX Console 10030 Rick Blechta Toronto, Ontario 1974 A whole bunch rick@rickblechta.com rickblechta.com/Pages/Mellotron.html Rented by Shakira in Fall 2002. She can use it anytime!
18 Mellotron m400s, m400 Streetly 1167; EMI E4/7600s Daniel Miso Toronto, CANADA 1981, 1982 7 racks. #1 flute/3 violins/cello #2 Gc3 Brass/custom 3 violins(NIghtwinds)/8 choir #3 Pipe organ/MKII violins/MKII brass/4 SFX #4 Mixed Brass 'B'/Dickstrings/Male-female split choir #5 Ian McDonald flute/Medieval woodwinds/cor anglais-oboe split #6 Spanish Guitar/String section/Russian choir #7 MKII Smooth Church Organ/Classic Violins/Combined Choir, plus 2 extra tape sets (cello/3 violins/flute and pipe organ/MKII violins/MKII brass) dan_miso@yahoo.com Both bought in Guelph, Ontario. EMI came from a guy who originally got it in Florida/Streetly 1167 is the 'Nightwinds' tron also purportedly lent to Klaatuu for 'Calling Occupants' LP. They had a tron too(1280-Andrew Seager;Toronto owns it now...) True or not? An heir and a spare for the recording? Interestingly 'Calling Occupants' was recorded in Hollywood and my Anvil custom road case, with Nightwinds sticker, has a 'Ship to Capitol Records, Hollywood USA' sticker on it as well. Hmmm...the Nightwinds LP was recorded in Toronto...Hmmm
19 Mellotron M400 / MkII 908 / 134 Frank Samagaio San Diego CA 2001 / 2003 400: MkII violins/mkII Brass/8-Voice Choir; M300A strings/ Ian McDonald Flute/M300 B strings; Blechta French Horn/Italian Accordion/Medieval Woodwinds - MkII: a whole bunch! MAinPsych@aol.com 400: Walnut stain w/black blocks (looks like a poor man's MkII); gold anodized control plate - MkII: former Pindertron
20 Mellotron M400 1495 Ivan Hirlander Central Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava flute/8strings/male voices ihirlander@zoznam.sk white finish Mellotron for sale
21 Mellotron M400S 719 Pierre-Olivier-Turmel Montreal,Canada 1996 2 racks(string section,St-John wood pipe organ,8 choirs)and(split choir,3 violins,flute) pierreolivmoog@sympatico.ca Build in 1974.Belong to Quebec prog group Morse Code in the 80's.Rented by Medesky,Martin and Wood in Mtl jazz festival, July 2002 .
22 Mellotron M400 1037 Ken Leonard Boston, MA 2003 Came w/ 2 sets of GC3 Brass, 3-Violins, 8-Voice Choir (original set (unusable) + newer Mellotron Archives set) http://www.kleonard.com From Toronto; used by Led Zeppelin tribute band, was in storage for 10 years with mice living in it, motor wonky. 4/2004: SMS2 & new motor installed, running now!
23 Mellotron M400S 581 Tony Swettenham London, England 1989 MkII Brass/MkII Violins/MkII Flute; M300A Violins/Bass Accordion+Chords/MkII Trombone; Cello/MkII Tenor Sax/Mixed Brass B; 8 Voice Choir/MkII Smooth Organ/M400 Vibes; Trumpet+Trombone/Italian Accordion/MkII Piano tonkev66@aol.com Bought from Notting Hill Music Exchange in 1989. Estimated year of manufacture circa 1972. Had major service/SMS2 fitted by John Bradley at Streetly in 1978. Current tapes from Streetly in 2004 plus latest set bought Aug 2006.
24 Mellotron M300 3/005 John Beresford Sheffield, UK 1999 various MkII, M400 & M300 violins j.k.beresford@shef.ac.uk Originally used in a cinema in Wiltshire until it burned down!
25 Mellotron M400S 542 Blake Helton Atlanta, GA USA 2001 M300a violins, russian choir, Ian McD flute; 3 v, cello, flute; b-3, 8-choir, brass heltonb@comcast.net smells nice inside; bought from orig owner (in Canada); originally purchased from Paulsen Sound Service, Fargo, North Dakota approx 1972-3
26 Mellotron M400 510 Tony Moffett Tampa, Fl 1975 3 violins, cello, flute, Russian chior, Gothic strings, Ian McDonald flute amoffet1@tampabay.rr.com
27 Mellotron M400 558 David McNally Providence RI 1990 cello, violins, flute on rack1 choir, violins, sound fx on rack2 dmcnally2@cox.net
28 Mellotron M-400 #1019 Jen Kaybee La Grande, Oregon 1993 Strings/Choir/Flute & Mk.2 Strings/Cello/Brass mellotrongirl@hotmail.com According to Dave Kean--may be one of Wakeman's road units (unconfirmed)
30 Mellotron EMI-M400 E4/169S David Shapiro Sedona, Arizona 1974 1-MKII Brass, MKII Violins, Flute, 2-8Choir, M300A Violins, Mideval Woodwinds, 3-Vibes,Church Organ,Trumpet stp@npgcable.com My first Mellotron (1972) M400#295 was scrapped by DMI in 1974. Took the EMI in trade. EMI had total recondition by Streetly in 2000.
31 Mellotron M400 912 Jim Brundage San Francisco 1988 Very early MA tapes- Brass, 3 Violins, Cello - Split Choir, flute, vibes jpb@dolby.com Shipped in Nov '73- Still completely original. Bought from 1st owner for $125 w/muff and Leslie 147!!! Some tapes were missing when bought- original set had Choir, Brass, Strings. Dont think 1st owner played it very often.
32 Mellotron M300 50 Chip Gremillion Palm Springs, CA 1978 LEAD: Dickstrings, Gothic, Sad strings, Mkll Combined Brass, M300A Strings, French Horn, Angry Strings, Ian Flute, 8 Voice Choir, Russian Choir, Church Organ, Boys Choir - Acc. Keyboard/ Dickstrings w/ Cello, Plucked Piano, Rick's Cello, Bass Accordian, Woodwind 2, Bass Clarinet, Orchestra, Chanber Wind, Tony Levin Cello, Cor Anglais/Oboe, Church Organ Bass, Med. Woodwind cgremillion@realshowcase.com Restored by Streetly after 24 years in damp New Orleans storage facility
33 Mellotron M400 752 John LeVasseur New York 2004 3strings, Female choir, Male choir, Flute, violin, cello jrlaudio@optonline.net Unique white vinyl with aluminum trim
34 Mellotron M400S #413 Francisco Villa-Lobos Lisbon, Portugal 2004 Male Choir, Female Choir, Flute, Orchestra, Brass, Organ Church, and several others francisco@contracosta.pt Bought from a music producer in MAdrid, who claimed it came from Hispavox EMI Studios in Madrid, and before that, Abbey Road (?)
35 Mellotron M400 996 Mike Dickson Edinburgh 1998 3 violins,8 choir,flute - mk2 brass,church organ, string section - dickstrings,ianmcd flute,cello - hackett,fairlight-aar,jung bass - russian choir,bass clarinet,cor anglais/oboe - boyschoir,gc3 brass,sad strings - bass flute, chamber woodwinds, angry strings - six track frame solo flute/3 violins, mk ii brass/string section, 8-choir/boys choir mike.dickson@gmail.com http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron Bought direct from Streetly after meeting MS and JB at King Crimson 'Night Watch' playback. 'Dick strings' was found after doodling with a hire frame at Streetly by mixing M300A strings and solo viola. Recorded Systems Theory 'Soundtracks for Imaginary Movies' (http://systemstheory.net/) '...might just be the best Mellotron album released in years' (http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=2018)
36 Mellotron Novatron (basically, an M400) M-1832 Brad Schuman Downingtown, PA, USA 2004 MII-Strings/MII-Flutes/MII-Brass & MII-Trombone/MII-Smooth Organ/8-Choir BSch222443@aol.com Ask....and I may tell!!
37 Mellotron EMI400 E4/103S Jack Younger Boston, MA 2004 Cello, 3 Violins, Flute An EMI oversprayed and factory dressed as a 400S.
38 Mellotron M 400 977 Raphaël Cartellier Salaise sur Sanne, France 1992 flute, 3 violins, cello. Church Organ, choir, strings section studio.cartellier@laposte.net I bought it to Nicolas Godin before he form AIR.
39 Novatron Mark V Can't remember Timothy L. Weinschenker Trenton, MI 1982 Flutes, Violin, Cello, Choirs pylonguy2003@yahoo.com
40 Mellotron M400 992 John Beresford Sheffield, UK 2005 M400 violins, MkII Brass, 8 Choir j.k.beresford@shef.ac.uk Ex-Strawbs, "Strawbs frame no. 4" on frame label.
41 Mellotron M 400 1016 Thomas Waltner Solingen, Germany 1996 flute/3violons/cello + church organ/3violons/8choir thomas.waltner@telebel.de www.thomaswaltner.de bought in The Netherlands from a concert pianist. Now upgraded with SMS5 from Markus Resch
42 Mellotron M400 1671 David C. Paris - France 1996 flute/3 violins/cello and MKIIBrass/string section/church organ contact@mellotron.fr http://www.mellotron.fr
43 Mellotron M300 003 David C. Paris - France 1997 M300A set contact@mellotron.fr http://www.mellotron.fr
44 Mellotron M 400 703 Doug Berg Chardon, Ohio (Cleveland) 1992 cello-violins-flute extra racks MKII brass/woodwinds-8 violind-mixed choir: viola-strings, boys choir, woodwinds caddyfam@simcon.net Looks to be another SSI downgrade. SMS3 control- Restoration done spring 2007, head azimuth by M. Smith
45 Mellotron 400SM 1562 Frank Stickle Virginia 2002 5 Frames lsf5275@aol.com
46 Mellotron M400 1241 Tim Griffiths Birmingham UK Can't remember Violins,Cello, Choir tim@timgriffiths.com Restored by Streetly. The original Mellotron factory is about 3 mile up the road.
47 Mellotron Mk V 5/106A Allen Duffy Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1985(?) MOOG-Tympani-Bassoon/Vibes; Boys Choir- 8 Choir,-Male Choir; Violins-Viola-Cello; Flute-French Horn-Trombone; S/FX (3 Track) alduffy@rogers.com originally owned by Oscar Peterson
49 Mellotron M400SM 574 FS. Weller Utah 2005 Flute, 3-string, Cello capt_carbonarc at hotmail.com I am the 3rd owner, originally sold to a production studio in Provo, then to a private owner (in storage and unplayed for the last 15 years)
50 Mellotron M400 997 Ches Cain Dallas, TX 2002 Three violins, string section, MKII Brass; flutes, oboe; mandolin, Frank Zappa Kazoo. mellotron@sbcglobal.net www.syntheticwarehouse.com key block autographed by Ian McDonald. Unit completely restored by Streetly in 2001. Unit was orgionally in South Africa
51 Mellotron M400 (x2) 969 + 1712 Photolum Paris 2006 4 sets gemibok@yahoo.com belonged to Studios Davout in Paris
52 Mellotron M400 1584 Per Hallman Bromma, Sweden 2006 3Violins/8VoiceChoir/ChurchOrgan/Cello/Flute/Oboe/Vibes/Wineglasses/Boys Choir per@tonezone.se www.tonezone.se Major restoration by Markus Resch made it as good as new, with custom tapeset to use live with my band, Brighteye Brison.
54 Mellotron M400S 1396 Herman Ringer Argentina 2006 Flute/Strings/Brass hermanringer@yahoo.com.ar geocities.com/hermanringer with CMC-10 motor and original tapes
55 Chamberlin M-2 86112 Vance Pomeroy Southern California 1983 Right Hand: Vibes, Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Violin, Cello, Open Trumper, Open Trombone, Flute -- Left Hand: Female Voice, Spanish Guitar, Banjo, Bassoon, Do-Wah Trombone, Muted Trumpet, Tenor Sax, Oboe punchbowl4@earthlink.net Second Owner; among the last set of M-2's made; converted the main drive motor to digitally controlled Studer tape deck motor with speed control; original primitive pre-amp removed and tape head racks connected directly to Cerwin-Vega CV-1 pre-amp.
56 Novatron MK-V 104 Jon Salley Wichita, Kansas 2006 original Moraz sets, new sets of Gothic/M300Astrings/IanMcDonald flute and MK2brass/3violins/8-voice choir mellotronist@cox.net www.myspace.com/tintagelmusic Patrick Moraz instrument, toured with Yes and Moody Blues, featured in video for "The Voice" - electromechanically restored to perfection courtesy of Jerry Korb - modifed cabinet and electronics, Moraz-labeled road case
57 Mellotron M400SM 1407 John Barrick Cincinnati, Ohio USA 2007 Three Violins, Cello, Eight Voice Choir astroboy@cinci.rr.com Machine has had some maintainance at some point as it has a Mellotron Archives SMS4 Controller s/n 028
59 Mellotron M400S M400S MK VI 552 714 031 Hirofumi Takamiya Tokyo,Japan 2000 1997 2006 Flute/3Violins/Cello/8Voice Choir/Mixed Strings/Boy's choir/Clarinet/Sound FX mellotronics@ybb.ne.jp http://www.geocities.jp/mellotronics/
60 Mellotron M400s 665 Sam Skinner Boston, MA 2013 Flute/Strings/8 Voice Choir kingkhatru@gmail.com Misprinted model name on ID badge. "M200s"

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