Mellotronists

M400SM #574, as rumor has it was delivered to a production house in
Provo, Utah.  It was quite possibly the same 'tron heard on the KFC
'tron clip in the file section.  In 1974, it was sold to a fellow in a
local prog band.  One of the other members of this band owned a small
music shop just north of Salt Lake and #574 lived in various back
rooms as this music store would periodically change locations in town.
 It was well-cared for and on occasion played but time and the ever
growing distance between band members made rehearsals difficult.  I
learned of #574's whereabouts about 1990 when I went on a quest to the
big city to see if there were any 'trons in the Valley of the Great
Salt Lake.  Fast forward twelve years.  I finally get to see #574 out
of it's case on a snowy day in April 2002.  Three more years went by
when out of the blue, the owner of the music store calls me and tells
me that the 'tron is for sale.  Five months later, two days before
Thanksgiving, I handed over my hard-earned cash for my very own piece
of musical nirvana and drove #574 to it's new home in the far northern
reaches of Utah.  

#574 shares it's living space with one nut case, the nut case's wife
and three youngest kids and the cat.  It is in orignal condition -
CMC10 and all - and sports the popular Violins/Flute/Cello tape frame.
 I'm not sure about it's gender but it does have a road case that is
the same shade of magenta as my 1997 Dodge Neon!

FS. Weller
M400SM #574