Mellotronists

Has he ever sold anything from the keyboard room? Do they wheel these 
units into an adjacent recording studio when desired? I need to learn 
Japanese and read the fine print before going 'off' on this one. At 
least Kean's Audities gives the *museum pieces* a bit of excercise & 
the opportunity to be on recordings. I'm kind of from the camp 
that 'Trons are living breathing examples of expression...to the 
point where I catch myself saying hello and goodbye to my M-400 when 
I enter and leave the room. A different kind of fanticism, I guess! 
The pics look like a climate controlled storage facility. At least 
all the 'trons are in the same room so they can talk to one other. I 
bet when the lights go out, it's party central.

Reminds me of the story of a vintage keyboard the members of Mother 
Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company had. Kean wanted it, and so 
did the Smithsonian; and the band opted to give it to Kean as he 
vowed to keep it maintained and active.

Ryo's shipping bills...I bet that's something to see.

(I'm tellin' ya--I'd like to know exactly what L. Ron Hubbard is 
going to do with his Mk2...)

With regard to L. Ron Hubbard's Mellotron, I had the dubious distinction of
helping to deliver a Yamaha electric piano to his office many years ago. He
was dead then, so I doubt he'll be using it directly. With those people who
really knows. They and that place really creeped me out.

Tony
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From: "mellotrongirl" <mellotrongirl@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:53 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Ryo's Mellotrons--REALLY NOW!!


> Has he ever sold anything from the keyboard room? Do they wheel these
> units into an adjacent recording studio when desired? I need to learn
> Japanese and read the fine print before going 'off' on this one. At
> least Kean's Audities gives the *museum pieces* a bit of excercise &
> the opportunity to be on recordings. I'm kind of from the camp
> that 'Trons are living breathing examples of expression...to the
> point where I catch myself saying hello and goodbye to my M-400 when
> I enter and leave the room. A different kind of fanticism, I guess!
> The pics look like a climate controlled storage facility. At least
> all the 'trons are in the same room so they can talk to one other. I
> bet when the lights go out, it's party central.
>
> Reminds me of the story of a vintage keyboard the members of Mother
> Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company had. Kean wanted it, and so
> did the Smithsonian; and the band opted to give it to Kean as he
> vowed to keep it maintained and active.
>
> Ryo's shipping bills...I bet that's something to see.
>
> (I'm tellin' ya--I'd like to know exactly what L. Ron Hubbard is
> going to do with his Mk2...)
>
>
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<<I catch myself saying hello and goodbye to my M-400 when I enter and leave 
the room.>>

it's quite a relief to see that someone else does that. "hello toys!". a bit 
like jf sebastian in 'blade runner'.

d.