The Mellotron Group

sorry, behind on my reading!

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From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 1:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: So what white?


  

He repainted the avocado tron.  It's now Harvest Gold.


fd



-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, Oct 20, 2009 1:11 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: So what white?


  

On Oct 20, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Bruce Daily wrote:


	 This discussion thread gets me to wondering:  Why did Streetly
finish the original 400s in white in the first place?  Was it simply to
make them stand out from the other instruments on a stage?  Any
thoughts, Martin?


The guy who used to paint them had once worked in a refrigerator
factory. It was either white or avocado as far as he was concerned.
Streetly wisely insisted on white. They did test one 400 in avocado. I
believe Frankie Stickle has it in his kitchen.