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Re: [Mellotronists] RE: optigan recommendation?

2003-08-08 by Nic Lewis

At 10:39 08/08/03 +0200, Michael Peters wrote:
> >    Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:41:20 -0700
> >    From: Gene Stopp <gene@...>
> >
> > The Orchestron on loan to me has a bunch
> > of Optigan disks along with the Orchestron disks.
>
>
>you have an Orchestron? wow! I didn't know they really still exist. The
>images on the net that I found look like grainy b/w photos of flying
>saucers, as if hardly anyone has ever really seen such an instrument. Would
>you mind telling us about it? What kind of Orchestron is it? Can it do the
>magic choir sounds that I've heard on ancient Kraftwerk, Popol Vuh, and Amon
>Duul records?

ohhh.......we'll be back to Birotrons soon- not as good as Orchestrons but 
a bit rarer

<open can of worms>

Anyone want to buy a refurbed Birotron?

</open can of worms>

Ebay's just not the place for this right now.




Best Regards,

Nic

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