The Mellotron Group

On Sep 17, 2008, at 10:48 PM, Jon wrote:

> I was contacted last week by a production company that needed some  
> nice current photographs of a Hammond Novachord for a project they  
> are working on.  I responded and told them that I would be happy to  
> try to oblige them but would need a few days to supply it, and they  
> said that was fine, their deadline wasn't until today to submit the  
> photos for approval.
>
> I spent four solid days excavating and cleaning my nightmare of a  
> garage enough to reorganize and make room to pull a Novachord out  
> and be able to set some backdropping in order to get some decent  
> photos.  I spent another day cleaning, polishing, and doing minor  
> repairs to the prettiest of my Novachords in hopes that I could get  
> it looking good enough to pose for some pretty pictures.
>
> A photographer friend of mine came over and took shots under  
> different lightings and from different angles, took the camera home  
> and did some cropping and editing, and came up with a nice array of  
> attractive Novachord photos.  I submitted the photos and got word  
> back yesterday that the Art Director for the project was very  
> pleased with the results and approved the photographs for use.  They  
> sent releases for my photographer and I to sign, and I faxed them  
> back today, so it's a done deal.
>
> A photograph of my Hammond Novachord is going to appear in the  
> companion DVD included in the upcoming release of Disney's  
> "Pinocchio" on DVD, and I'm going to get name credit as the owner of  
> the instrument!  Even if I can't be famous, at least my toys can...
>
> So, here's Novachord #1431, looking prettier than she has in  
> decades.  Still waiting on restoration, so not functional yet, but  
> looking like this is really making getting all of the electrical  
> work done a lot more urgent!

Sorry, Jon, this damn thing is just OOZING stress. Send it along. I  
don't usually take anything but mellotrons, but you seem like a nice  
guy, so I'll make an exception.

No need to thank me. Just knowing your stress will be so much lower is  
all the thanks I need!

Your pal,

Rick