Mellotronists

At 06:42 PM 11/10/2002 -0500, doctorwho8@... wrote:

>In a message dated 11/10/02 5:36:54 PM, jonesalley@... writes:
> >A couple of questions though, does anybody know what happened to Mike's
> >Mellotrons?  Does he still own any, or have his disappeared into the black
> >hole of time, or are they sequestered away in the private studio of some
> >collector?
>
>At one time he had 5 trons, the MK II, an M300 (used on Watching and
>Waiting), and 2 MK V's.  The M300 and a MK V got lost is a fire.  Mike
>eventually sold the other two trons afterwards.  He now uses samples from the
>trons he used.

Actually, the Mk.V that was in the fire wasn't "lost".  Dave Kean rebuilt it,
it was sold to Mark Samansky, a DJ in Orlando, and I bought it from him.
I was actually marked as a Novatron Mk.V, and had serial no. 5 on it
(machine #130).

Mike autographed the serial number plate and the cheekblock of it when
he visited Orlando around 1997.
Picture can be found here:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/7846/mtron_stats.html#Mark5

I later sold the Mk.V to a Mellotron collector in Italy, Sekine Ryo.
His Mellotron Room can be seen here:
http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Asagao/7669/photo.html


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