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Giles Giles and Fripp

2003-04-04 by charel196

anyone aware of who played the tron on the GG&F album? Also is that Robert actually SINGING at times?

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Opeth "Damnation" CD

2003-04-04 by mellotrongirl

Anyone hear this one yet? Quite a melodramatic performance from a quartet of Swedes known primarily for their whiplash core metal delivery. Plenty of Mellotron

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Mellotron volume (swell) pedal

2003-04-04 by lsf5275@aol.com

Hello all. I am looking for an original volume/swell pedal for my 400SM. I am hoping that someone in the group may have one or know someone who does. I am

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Insurance Coverage for Mellotrons

2003-04-03 by mellotrongirl

Noting that the value of my M-400 appears to be worth twice as much now as it was ten years ago, I need to update the value for insurance purposes with my

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Serial #666

2003-04-03 by Mattias Olsson

Hi ! Does anyone know who has nr 666 or is it a general assumption that there is a bit of 666 in everyone of them ? Just checking.... // Mattias Orchestron

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M400 for sale

2003-04-03 by Tookie Fruz

http://www.odysseyprosound.com/used.html#16 scroll down to the keyboards/samplers section asking $3,600 (gulp) but maybe you could trade a Casio SK-1 for

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Re:serial # 1354

2003-04-03 by lsf5275@aol.com

Hi Don, That should be your serial #. If you look at the other parts of your Mellotron carefully, you will find that number on nearly every major part. It may

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Serial Number 1354???

2003-04-03 by Don

Hi Gang. I bought my Mellotron brand new sometime around 1987 or so from a dealer in Jackson, Tennessee...for $500. A couple of years ago I demag ed the

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Getting a grip on your bearings

2003-04-02 by J.K.Beresford

Hi y all, Does anyone know if replacing the capstan bearings quietens down the rattling in a tron? Has anyone ever done this? John M300#005

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Re: [Mellotronists] Zeppelin tron.

2003-04-02 by chris.dale@primus.ca

The M400 used by Led Zeppelin was a standard Streetly M400, serial number 216 I think. There is a bootleg video of The Song Remains The Same where the unit can

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RE: [Mellotronists] Zeppelin tron.

2003-04-01 by Andy Thompson

... From: kinchmusic@aol.com [mailto:kinchmusic@aol.com] Sent: 31 March 2003 20:57 To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Mellotronists] Zeppelin tron.

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Re: [Mellotronists] Zeppelin tron?

2003-04-01 by Alan Neva

My M400 is more awkward than heavy....so handles make sense.......the B-3 was certainly Hefty....but one of the heaviest things I ve ever had to carry was some

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Re: [Mellotronists] Zeppelin tron?

2003-03-31 by Jeff Coulter

... one of the machines that showed up at the philly tron-a-thon had handles on the ends (sides?). if i recall, they were not put in very carefully. (careless

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[Mellotronists] Zeppelin tron?

2003-03-31 by tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk

... JPJ absolutely -hated- the instrument. Mike Dickson (tron@blackcat.demon.co.uk) M400 #996 The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics Streetly Sample

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Re: Zeppelin tron?

2003-03-31 by ceccles_ca

... ...has anyone ever attached handles to the ends of a 400, or machined some picky-uppy slots..... Frank s Mellotron Book, page 45, shows a Mellotron dual

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Zeppelin tron.

2003-03-31 by kinchmusic@aol.com

Does anyone know whether the machine in question was an EMI one? Only, when I discovered my beaten up machine rotting away in some basement in Kensington a few

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Re: [Mellotronists] Zepplin tron?

2003-03-31 by brian carney

Sure is... The Rain Song would be the other Zep song with tron - 3 violins and cello, and Jonesy used tron flute live to suggest the (real) recorders on

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Zepplin tron?

2003-03-30 by NormLeete@aol.com

Dear All, Is that a tron mixed in with everything else in the twiddly bits of Zepplin s Kashmir ? I ll get my coat... Norm

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PFM download

2003-03-26 by kinchmusic@aol.com

Anyone here know where I can find an mp3 of PFM s the World became the World ? Cheers. Andy K EMI m400 #E4/1405

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Re: Tony Visconti

2003-03-26 by ceccles_ca

Antares AutoTune would NOT WORK with most tron sounds. AutoTune requires a clean, periodic waveform for input. (Solo voice or solo flute for example).

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Re: Tony Visconti

2003-03-25 by ceccles_ca

It s hard to believe that Tony V was involved with this article. Anyone who knows Antares Autotune would know that it would just NOT WORK with most tron

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Re: [Mellotronists] Tony Visconti

2003-03-25 by fdoddy@aol.com

Don wrote, Today there s a cult that wants to replace all musical instruments with computers playing samples, so there s absolutely no interaction with the

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Re: [Mellotronists] Tony Visconti

2003-03-25 by fdoddy@aol.com

A typical orchestra will contain instruments that are either slightly out of tune or played slightly out of tune. Usually due to poor musicianship. With

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Re: [Mellotronists] Tony Visconti

2003-03-25 by fdoddy@aol.com

Dear all Tony Visconti on Mellotrons, from: http://mixonline.com/ar/audio_capturing_keyboards/ Here is my Mellotron credo: A good Mellotron is a

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RE: [Mellotronists] Tony Visconti

2003-03-24 by Gene Stopp

I remember a discussion with Tony in a use-group on AOL, years ago, I think it was for the Moodies. A thread about Mellotrons, and he was giving them a good

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Re: [Mellotronists] Tony Visconti

2003-03-24 by Don Tillman

... It used to be that a Musical Instrument was a noise-making process that the musician interacted with in an enjoyable and inspirational way. Today there s a

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Tony Visconti

2003-03-24 by kinchmusic@aol.com

The clue is right at the front of the article. He was initially attracted to the sound of the mellotron by that intro on Strawberry Fields. There is little

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Re: [Mellotronists] Tony Visconti

2003-03-24 by Ken Leonard

... I ll bite. What does Tony get by doing this? - Personal tron samples which are from an original machine, as close as you re going to get (although not

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2003-03-24 by lsf5275@aol.com

Tony Visconti doesn t know who Harry Chamberlin is.... Hmmmm. Frank #1562

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Tony Visconti

2003-03-24 by Andy Thompson

Dear all Tony Visconti on Mellotrons, from: http://mixonline.com/ar/audio_capturing_keyboards/ Here is my Mellotron credo: A good Mellotron is a sampled

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Re: Magma Mellotron

2003-03-24 by Bernie Kornowicz

Hi David, Thanks for the correction. My tin ear can t tell the difference between a Chamberlin and a Mellotron :( What is the brass sound in Dondai ? Mixed

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streetly dudes

2003-03-23 by SteveDavis

Hello all, Just a quick note to say thanks to Martin and John and new man Brian for supplying me with M400 #120 refurbished to a fine condition and sounding

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Re: [Mellotronists] Magma Mellotron

2003-03-23 by egrefin@wanadoo.fr

... Hello Bernie, Magma used a Chamberlin M1 (flute and strings) for the Attahk album, not a Mellotron. Cheers, David ... Egrefin Home Studio

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Re: [Mellotronists] Magma Mellotron

2003-03-23 by Phil Tortorici

... =0= I thought we were not supposed to partake in anything French these daze. So much for my newly acquired Sandrose CD... :) PS: Lionel Ritchie s Hello

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Mellotron M400 for sale

2003-03-22 by ihirlnder

Hi all! I have Mellotron M400 (white finish) in good condition for sale in Central Europe - Slovakia. Details on demand. Ivan Hirlander

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Magma Mellotron

2003-03-22 by Bernie Kornowicz

Hi Group, I just finished listening to French band Magma s Attahk album for the first time in many years and noticed the Mellotron flute, mixed brass(?) and

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re:MKII station changing

2003-03-21 by charel196

From: J.K.Beresford Date: Fri Mar 21, 2003 4:12 am Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] MK II station changing I don t necessarily want

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As Bush once said.......

2003-03-21 by tronbros@aol.com

......the trouble with the French is they don t have a word for entrepreneur...... Sadam Electronics -

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