Mellotronists

only 25 keys????????
you have one of the defective ones...
please return it to me for a full refund
Willy Chamberlin




--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Pomeroy Ranch" 
<punchbowl4@...> wrote:
>
> It's my understanding that Harry did use other instruments (like 
bass
> clarinet, etc.) to get lower registers of some sounds, including the
> flute I believe..
> BTW - the left hand of my M2 Chamberlin only has 25 notes.
>  
> Vance
>  
> I really wonder if the number was determined by a combination of; 1)
the
> size 
> of the keyboard that Harry had for his prototype, 2)the number of 
tape
> heads 
> he had available, and 3)the range of whatever sound he used for his
> first 
> experiments.
> Perhaps it was that when he listened back to the recordings of
> instruments played back, the higher notes just sounded too weird. I
> still believe that the 35 note range was the only useful one. 
Perhaps he
> could have gone a bit lower on some instruments and higher on 
others,
> but overall, the 35 we have now was a compromise. Even now, boys 
choir
> does not sound like anything of this earth in the higher registers. 
How
> far up could you go with flute? Or Down? 8 choir is already doubled 
in
> the right end. Obviously the Bradleys agreed.
>  
> Frank 
> 
> 
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