Mellotronists

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Jim & Janet Strauss" 
<Str03@...> wrote:
>
> <"Mike Pinder stated that playing a mellotron was like " riding a 
> rocket". >"
> Yep...I still have that Rolling Stone interview where he said that.
> 
> I don't know if playing a 'tron is like that, but ust listening to 
one seemed like it - to me sometimes.
> 
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> 
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>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: mellotronko 
>   To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 11:30 AM
>   Subject: [Mellotronists] Maelstrom (american band) Mellotronist
> 
> 
>   Hi all, I just came across this site and joined. I played the 
keys for 
>   the 1970's american band Maelstrom. I bought my mellotron in 
1973, in 
>   Salem, Indiana at Kramer"s Music Store. Mr. Kramer had no idea 
what a 
>   mello was, but he ordered it and 3 weeks later we drove down and 
picked 
>   it up. I still have it!!They really were a pain in the ass to 
maintain, 
>   but, it was an incredible feeling when you could fill a building 
with 
>   sound. Mike Pinder stated that playing a mellotron was like " 
riding a 
>   rocket". I'm sure you all have had similiar experiences. When you 
have 
>   a PA that cranking a couple thousand watts and you can bring the 
sound 
>   from the nebulous to the supreme is really another form of an 
erection. 
>   Well thank you for allowing me to introduce myself. I don't do 
this 
>   much since I'm a semi-recluse living on the top of a mountain.
> 
>   Sincerely, mellotronko/
>
       Jeff, Frank, Jim & Janet: Several days ago I wrote a lengthy 
reply for explanation of tape updates. It's a great story (9 
paragraphs) but have not seen any trace of it. Could you explain to 
me how to just keep a thread going. I'm not too computer literate. 
Kent.