Mellotronists

And the weather was very nice outside ;-)
I hope nr 923 did not turn to a snowatron on the way back to Esa's place.

The other m400 he has is nr 1490. Have not seen it and don't know what's wrong
with it. Yet. As a tronless person I have understood that to own a tron is a very
private thing. You should not ask a man too many questions about the other tron's
condition. Especially if the working tron is listening ;-)

I'll pass the message to Esa.

Thanks for an excellent gig.

Raimo

P.S there's a third m400 in Finland too. It was owned by a musician who passed
away recently. Hope it goes for sale some day.
Esa's nr 923 is definitely the only working one.


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   > Message: 1
   >    Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:02:17 EST
   >    From: ferrograph@...
   > Subject: Re: moomintron alive & well
   >
   > glad to report that one of the two mellotrons in finland is in excellent
   > shape. 923 has a rather elderly motor controller which eventually settled 
down and
   > gave stable performance, as did we (radio massacre international) at the
   > espoo centre last saturday.
   > sadly, the language barrier prevented much dialogue with esa kotilainen, it's
   > owner, so I couldn't find out what was wrong with his other m400, but this
   > one behaved perfectly. one of the strings, the cello and the flute, since you
   > ask. his choir tapes are raxed, though, and european baggage allowances
   > prevented us taking some of our own sounds for it. next time perhaps.
   > raimo, if you're lurking out there, tell esa thanks some more- we got a great
   > recording. I hope he likes the cd's. & have him get on to streetly and start
   > using the 'trons again.
   >
   > duncan/r.m.i./m400nr1098 ("what's all that white stuff outside?")
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