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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Sound question

2009-01-08 by john barrick

Cool, Chris. When can I visit the museum?


Chris Dale wrote:
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>
> RW: \ufffdI lost about six minimoogs, a couple of Mellotrons, a Fender 
> Rhodes, a huge long list of stuff. And some of it\ufffds resurfaced. One of 
> the Mellotrons, the famous double Mellotron resurfaced. And a guy got 
> hold of it and rebuilt it, and that\ufffds in a museum somewhere in 
> America. And he contacted me to verify that it used to be mine, and I 
> wrote back to him and said, \ufffdYeah, it was stolen in nineteen whatever 
> it was.\ufffd And it completely freaked him out. He called up and said, \ufffdI 
> didn\ufffdt steal it.\ufffd And I said, \ufffdI know you didn\ufffdt, \ufffdbecause you\ufffdre 
> hardly likely to have stolen it and then ring me up.\ufffd And he said, \ufffdDo 
> you want it back?\ufffd And I said, \ufffdNo, if you\ufffdve rebuilt it, good for 
> you. I\ufffdm glad that it\ufffds got a good home, and I\ufffdm glad that it\ufffds in a 
> museum.\ufffd So there you go.\ufffd
>

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