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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Sound question

2009-01-10 by Mike Dickson

Not so much 'dropped' as 'projected into the gravel path and landed on 
the rockery'.

tronbros@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 09/01/2009 12:11:09 GMT Standard Time, 
> djacques@csulb.edu writes:
>
>     Martin. What are your plans for these trons?
>
> They belong to Robert and he stores them with us.  The deal is that 
> when he decides to sell, we get the restoration jobs!  We did them a 
> long time ago, almost 18 years I think and they were taken down to 
> Real World for the Thrak sessions and them came back and have sat idle 
> ever since in an unheated warehouse.  They all need doing again!  It 
> was nice to see them all in a neat semi circle inside Real World's 
> light and airy central control room.  Mike D played the Red machine at 
> the 1998 playback in London and ordered an M400 the same day which we 
> duly dropped when he came to collect.  Excess alcohol and 'trons do 
> not mix.
>  
> Best,
>  
> Martin
>  
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>
>  

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Mike Dickson, Edinburgh

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