Mellotronists

On Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at 01:11  PM, JMoore6397@... wrote:

> Mt formicatron is tagged as: #285 m400s. As far as I can tell the 
> "lounge lizard green dico swirl" formica was install by someone in New 
> York after the sale. Gino do you know any more about this mellotron? 
> Anyway #285 is still "stayin alive".
>                                          Best regards,
>                                          Jimmy Moore
>

I only know that it was from a very upscale  studio in NYC (you know 
the address) and the guy posted 3 big EML systems and the beautiful 
formicatron on ebay without pictures. He had never sold anything except 
though the pro audio net.. Nobody bid on the Mellotron and when I went 
for the EML 0 bids and some other small vintage stuff.   The deal I 
made with him was for the tron for start bid  and all the extras 
including  11 loaded racks that were out at the service center with 
their parts but he lost track of them in the 80's sometime. He 
postulated that they were around somewhere. . After that I connected 
with you told the guy iI was sending you to pick up  or something to 
lock down the price and to tell you what he knew.

It seems to me that Their local service center Sound Sales sold 10 
loaded racks that belonged to a client at a bankruptcy sale aka cash 
now sale.

Jimmy Moore's 10 racks (ok  if the 10 had been there, the who's what 
would be rearranged slightly)  Sound Sales had been that careless with 
that iamount of gear that belonged to a client that stored their tapes 
at the shop.  And they sold them without a word. I often leave some of 
my best  guitars at my local luthier (who makes and sells a national 
brand, DiPinto).If he were being dragged away by the IRS he wouldn't 
sell his clients property. and probably no ones trademark. either. The 
MK4 looks a little like a Mosrite. But really.

OK who has Jim's racks, up with em, you know who you are.

Jim you should post a photo of your machine, I think it looks great .  
It is singular and unique

gw