The Mellotron Group

I really love this site, just wanted to share it with everyone:

http://iprl.wz.cz/

It's addictive, and you always know the right time :-)

Dieter

Hello Frank

I understand not clicking on the link. I agree that it looks a bit like malware or spam, Clay warned me about that too.

If you want to know what it is before clicking: It's in fact a giant real life digital clock! You'll see what I mean when you visit the site.

Best

Dieter

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> Dieter,
>
> With all respect, without knowing what it is beforehand, I'm not clicking
> on that link.
>
> Frank
>
>
> In a message dated 5/1/2012 5:54:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> dieter_vanmarcke@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> I really love this site, just wanted to share it with everyone:
>
> _http://iprl.wz.cz/_ (http://iprl.wz.cz/)
>
> It's addictive, and you always know the right time :-)
>
> Dieter
>

Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing The Musical Box perform "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" at The Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.

They were fantastic and paid great attention to detail in every respect; the sound was great too!

Any of you "guys" who like the Gabriel era Genesis who have never seen The Musical Box perform before, I highly recommend you check them out.

For their encore, they played "The Musical Box" and "Watcher of the Skies". By then, several of the other concert goers who had the better seats on the floor area near the center had left, so I had the opportunity to see them up close. Their keyboardist had a beautiful black M400 Mellotron and it sounded wonderful to my ears. An RMI Electric Piano was sitting on top of the Mellotron and another keyboard was sitting on top of the RMI. He also had an organ that I "think" was a Hammond, but it was not a B3 and I don't believe it was a C3 or A100 either. There was a Leslie speaker sitting on the far right of the stage.

I don't remember ever being in such close proximity (approximately 20 feet) to a real Mellotron in all my life; what a thrill it was !

Cheers,

Robert

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Frank,

Thanks for correcting me. Shows you "guys" how little I really know about Mellotrons. But I'm learning, however slowly... I guess the back of the cabinet fooled me ? But whatever source of Mellotron samples that were used, sounded very authentic to these ears. Maybe I have Tinnitus too ! Not that I'm necessarily interested, do you know what is the source of the Mellotron samples that TMB use ?

BTW - my friend who I went to the concert is an acquaintance of Dave Kerzner of IK Multi Media Sampletron who was also at the show and he indirectly introduced me to Dave, who lives somewhere in South Florida. Dave did not point this (TMBs use of samples) out to me. Over enthusiastically, I asked / "begged" Dave if there was any possibility if someday in the future, I could visit him and see and hear his Mellotron. He replied "We don't do that" and walked away. Oh well...

With respect to the organ, do they use an M3 ?

Robert

From: "lsf5275@aol.com" <lsf5275@aol.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] The Musical Box

Sadly, Robert, you weren't close to a real 400 lat night either. It's a keyboard controller inside a Mellotron shaped cabinet. I know this, because I've seen it up close and I know that they don't use a real one. I think Pierre Vielleux was probably the only member/keys player in TMB who actually used one on stage.

In a message dated 5/3/2012 2:15:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rmrmax@yahoo.com writes:

Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing The Musical Box perform "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" at The Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.

They were fantastic and paid great attention to detail in every respect; the sound was great too!

Any of you "guys" who like the Gabriel era Genesis who have never seen The Musical Box perform before, I highly recommend you check them out.

For their encore, they played "The Musical Box" and "Watcher of the Skies". By then, several of the other concert goers who had the better seats on the floor area near the center had left, so I had the opportunity to see them up close. Their keyboardist had a beautiful black M400 Mellotron and it sounded wonderful to my ears. An RMI Electric Piano was sitting on top of the Mellotron and another keyboard was sitting on top of the RMI. He also had an organ that I "think" was a Hammond, but it was not a B3 and I don't believe it was a C3 or A100 either. There was a Leslie speaker sitting on the far right of the stage.

I don't remember ever being in such close proximity (approximately 20 feet) to a real Mellotron in all my life; what a thrill it was !

Cheers,

Robert

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On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:38 PM, ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com> wrote:

TMB keyboard player David Myers web site:http://www.davidmyersmusic.ca/index_en.html

Last I heard he was using G Force M-Tron samples. Hopefully samples of The Streetly tapes. http://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/thestreetlytapes

Clay

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> I don't recall. I'd have to go back through my photographs or ask David
> Myers. He was the keyboard player the last time that I saw them.
>
>
> In a message dated 5/3/2012 3:17:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> rmrmax@... writes:
>
>
>
>
>
> Frank,
>
>
> Thanks for correcting me. Shows you "guys" how little I really know about
> Mellotrons. But I'm learning, however slowly... I guess the back of the
> cabinet fooled me ? But whatever source of Mellotron samples that were
> used, sounded very authentic to these ears. Maybe I have Tinnitus too ! Not
> that I'm necessarily interested, do you know what is the source of the
> Mellotron samples that TMB use ?
>
>
> BTW - my friend who I went to the concert is an acquaintance of Dave
> Kerzner of IK Multi Media Sampletron who was also at the show and he indirectly
> introduced me to Dave, who lives somewhere in South Florida. Dave did not
> point this (TMBs use of samples) out to me. Over enthusiastically, I asked
> / "begged" Dave if there was any possibility if someday in the future, I
> could visit him and see and hear his Mellotron. He replied "We don't do
> that" and walked away. Oh well...
>
>

> With respect to the organ, do they use an M3 ?
>
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

> ____________________________________
> From: "lsf5275@..." <lsf5275@...>

> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] The Musical Box
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sadly, Robert, you weren't close to a real 400 lat night either. It's a
> keyboard controller inside a Mellotron shaped cabinet. I know this, because
> I've seen it up close and I know that they don't use a real one. I think
> Pierre Vielleux was probably the only member/keys player in TMB who actually
> used one on stage.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

> In a message dated 5/3/2012 2:15:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> rmrmax@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing The Musical Box perform "The Lamb
> Lies Down On Broadway" at The Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.
>
>
> They were fantastic and paid great attention to detail in every respect;
> the sound was great too!
>
>
> Any of you "guys" who like the Gabriel era Genesis who have never seen The
> Musical Box perform before, I highly recommend you check them out.
>
>
> For their encore, they played "The Musical Box" and "Watcher of the
> Skies". By then, several of the other concert goers who had the better seats on
> the floor area near the center had left, so I had the opportunity to see
> them up close. Their keyboardist had a beautiful black M400 Mellotron and
> it sounded wonderful to my ears. An RMI Electric Piano was sitting on top
> of the Mellotron and another keyboard was sitting on top of the RMI. He
> also had an organ that I "think" was a Hammond, but it was not a B3 and I
> don't believe it was a C3 or A100 either. There was a Leslie speaker sitting
> on the far right of the stage.
>
>
>
> I don't remember ever being in such close proximity (approximately 20
> feet) to a real Mellotron in all my life; what a thrill it was !
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Robert
>
>
> http://www.5gig.com/The+Musical+Box-tourdates/
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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--- On Thu, 5/3/12, lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

On May 3, 2012, at 8:46 PM, Robert <rmrmax@yahoo.com> wrote:

Frank, John, Tom, Pete, Matthew, & Clay (did I miss anyone ?),

Thanks for the information and your comments. I really enjoyed the show. Usually, I don't keep up with all the local shows, because it is rare that any progressive rock band or other bands that I like come to South Florida anymore. I did see Big Elf opening for Porcupine Tree 2 years ago and The Legendary Pink Dots back in 2004. I missed The Moody Blues, but seeing that 2 key members are no longer with the band, maybe I didn't miss much ?

Here is a review of last nights concert for whatever it is worth ? It states that Michel Cloutier was the keyboardist and he played a "real mellotron". In all due respect, the reviewer probably knows about as much about Mellotrons as I, which is quite limited. So, my guess is that Frank is probably correct. All I saw was the back, which to me looked like a real M400 Mellotron cabinet. Any definitive information would be kindly appreciated.

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2012/05/the_musical_box_-_hard_rock_li.php

And below, are a few older interviews with some of the members of TMB.

Robert

http://www.genesis-news.com/c-The-Musical-Box-Interviews-c33.html

From: ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 6:38 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Musical Box

TMB keyboard player David Myers web site:http://www.davidmyersmusic.ca/index_en.html

Last I heard he was using G Force M-Tron samples. Hopefully samples of The Streetly tapes. http://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/thestreetlytapes

Clay

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> I don't recall. I'd have to go back through my photographs or ask David
> Myers. He was the keyboard player the last time that I saw them.
>
>
> In a message dated 5/3/2012 3:17:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> rmrmax@... writes:
>
>
>
>
>
> Frank,
>
>
> Thanks for correcting me. Shows you "guys" how little I really know about
> Mellotrons. But I'm learning, however slowly... I guess the back of the
> cabinet fooled me ? But whatever source of Mellotron samples that were
> used, sounded very authentic to these ears. Maybe I have Tinnitus too ! Not
> that I'm necessarily interested, do you know what is the source of the
> Mellotron samples that TMB use ?
>
>
> BTW - my friend who I went to the concert is an acquaintance of Dave
> Kerzner of IK Multi Media Sampletron who was also at the show and he indirectly
> introduced me to Dave, who lives somewhere in South Florida. Dave did not
> point this (TMBs use of samples) out to me. Over enthusiastically, I asked
> / "begged" Dave if there was any possibility if someday in the future, I
> could visit him and see and hear his Mellotron. He replied "We don't do
> that" and walked away. Oh well...
>
>
> With respect to the organ, do they use an M3 ?
>
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________
> From: "lsf5275@..." <lsf5275@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] The Musical Box
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sadly, Robert, you weren't close to a real 400 lat night either. It's a
> keyboard controller inside a Mellotron shaped cabinet. I know this, because
> I've seen it up close and I know that they don't use a real one. I think
> Pierre Vielleux was probably the only member/keys player in TMB who actually
> used one on stage.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 5/3/2012 2:15:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> rmrmax@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing The Musical Box perform "The Lamb
> Lies Down On Broadway" at The Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.
>
>
> They were fantastic and paid great attention to detail in every respect;
> the sound was great too!
>
>
> Any of you "guys" who like the Gabriel era Genesis who have never seen The
> Musical Box perform before, I highly recommend you check them out.
>
>
> For their encore, they played "The Musical Box" and "Watcher of the
> Skies". By then, several of the other concert goers who had the better seats on
> the floor area near the center had left, so I had the opportunity to see
> them up close. Their keyboardist had a beautiful black M400 Mellotron and
> it sounded wonderful to my ears. An RMI Electric Piano was sitting on top
> of the Mellotron and another keyboard was sitting on top of the RMI. He
> also had an organ that I "think" was a Hammond, but it was not a B3 and I
> don't believe it was a C3 or A100 either. There was a Leslie speaker sitting
> on the far right of the stage.
>
>
>
> I don't remember ever being in such close proximity (approximately 20
> feet) to a real Mellotron in all my life; what a thrill it was !
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Robert
>
>
> http://www.5gig.com/The+Musical+Box-tourdates/
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Fortunately, I recently got as close to a Mellotron as you can get.

Including one of the great ones.

Thanks Frank.

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From: lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] The Musical Box
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 2:40 PM

Sadly, Robert, you weren't close to a real 400 lat night either. It's a keyboard controller inside a Mellotron shaped cabinet. I know this, because I've seen it up close and I know that they don't use a real one. I think Pierre Vielleux was probably the only member/keys player in TMB who actually used one on stage.

In a message dated 5/3/2012 2:15:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rmrmax@yahoo.com writes:

Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing The Musical Box perform "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" at The Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.

They were fantastic and paid great attention to detail in every respect; the sound was great too!

Any of you "guys" who like the Gabriel era Genesis who have never seen The Musical Box perform before, I highly recommend you check them out.

For their encore, they played "The Musical Box" and "Watcher of the Skies". By then, several of the other concert goers who had the better seats on the floor area near the center had left, so I had the opportunity to see them up close. Their keyboardist had a beautiful black M400 Mellotron and it sounded wonderful to my ears. An RMI Electric Piano was sitting on top of the Mellotron and another keyboard was sitting on top of the RMI. He also had an organ that I "think" was a Hammond, but it was not a B3 and I don't believe it was a C3 or A100 either. There was a Leslie speaker sitting on the far right of the stage.

I don't remember ever being in such close proximity (approximately 20 feet) to a real Mellotron in all my life; what a thrill it was !

Cheers,

Robert

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Fortunately, I recently got as close to a Mellotron as you can get.

Including one of the great ones.

Thanks Frank.

--- On Thu, 5/3/12, lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

From: lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] The Musical Box
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 2:40 PM

Sadly, Robert, you weren't close to a real 400 lat night either. It's a keyboard controller inside a Mellotron shaped cabinet. I know this, because I've seen it up close and I know that they don't use a real one. I think Pierre Vielleux was probably the only member/keys player in TMB who actually used one on stage.

In a message dated 5/3/2012 2:15:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rmrmax@yahoo.com writes:

Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing The Musical Box perform "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" at The Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.

They were fantastic and paid great attention to detail in every respect; the sound was great too!

Any of you "guys" who like the Gabriel era Genesis who have never seen The Musical Box perform before, I highly recommend you check them out.

For their encore, they played "The Musical Box" and "Watcher of the Skies". By then, several of the other concert goers who had the better seats on the floor area near the center had left, so I had the opportunity to see them up close. Their keyboardist had a beautiful black M400 Mellotron and it sounded wonderful to my ears. An RMI Electric Piano was sitting on top of the Mellotron and another keyboard was sitting on top of the RMI. He also had an organ that I "think" was a Hammond, but it was not a B3 and I don't believe it was a C3 or A100 either. There was a Leslie speaker sitting on the far right of the stage.

I don't remember ever being in such close proximity (approximately 20 feet) to a real Mellotron in all my life; what a thrill it was !

Cheers,

Robert

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best

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I'm sorry about your Dalmatian. We had a 12.5 year old named Pongo. We had him for 2.5 years until we had to put him to sleep last December.

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On May 3, 2012, at 8:46 PM, Robert <rmrmax@yahoo.com> wrote:

Thanks Gino,

I saw Pink Floyd on tour in 1973 (I believe) for DSOTM and again in 1994 for The Division Bell album; another friend of mine from England is friends with Dick Parry their saxophonist. He got me a pass and I saw them in their final dress rehearsal at Joe Robbie (now Sun Life) Stadium in '94. I didn't have tickets to the concert the following evening (it rained), but the dress rehearsal was almost 2 hours long and the weather was perfect; I would estimate there were only a couple of hundred people there ? A day after the show, my friend borrowed my car so he could show Dick and 2 of the female vocalists (all very nice people) around town. They picked me up from work and we drove them back to their hotel in Fort Lauderdale. I remember speaking with Dick about Lol Coxhill who he knows personally and is also fond of.

Yes, I would have loved to see PF during the early days, but never did.

Hooking up with somebody locally who owns a working Mellotron in South Florida is about as likely as Emilio and Gloria Estafan inviting me over for dinner. Even some of my closest friends think it is strange that I have such a curiosity and interest in Mellotrons.

My companion, a beautiful 14 year old Dalmatian is sick and in the final chapter of her life. I have made a commitment not to travel anywhere until she is gone. When that day comes, I'm going to call on one of you guys and maybe my dream will come true.

Robert

From: gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Musical Box

TMB is as close to seeing Genesis in their prime as being there. It is shocking how accurate they are. I followed Genesis in the early 70's seeing 6-7 stops each tour (did that with PF before DSOTM too)

and these guys are getting down to the nuance, they are not a tribute band.

I am sure there are any number of people who would allow you to come see and play their Mellotron. We dodo dat.

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:38 PM, ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com> wrote:

TMB keyboard player David Myers web site:http://www.davidmyersmusic.ca/index_en.html

Last I heard he was using G Force M-Tron samples. Hopefully samples of The Streetly tapes. http://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/thestreetlytapes

Clay

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> I don't recall. I'd have to go back through my photographs or ask David
> Myers. He was the keyboard player the last time that I saw them.
>
>
> In a message dated 5/3/2012 3:17:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> rmrmax@... writes:
>
>
>
>
>
> Frank,
>
>
> Thanks for correcting me. Shows you "guys" how little I really know about
> Mellotrons. But I'm learning, however slowly... I guess the back of the
> cabinet fooled me ? But whatever source of Mellotron samples that were
> used, sounded very authentic to these ears. Maybe I have Tinnitus too ! Not
> that I'm necessarily interested, do you know what is the source of the
> Mellotron samples that TMB use ?
>
>
> BTW - my friend who I went to the concert is an acquaintance of Dave
> Kerzner of IK Multi Media Sampletron who was also at the show and he indirectly
> introduced me to Dave, who lives somewhere in South Florida. Dave did not
> point this (TMBs use of samples) out to me. Over enthusiastically, I asked
> / "begged" Dave if there was any possibility if someday in the future, I
> could visit him and see and hear his Mellotron. He replied "We don't do
> that" and walked away. Oh well...
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> With respect to the organ, do they use an M3 ?
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> Robert
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> Sadly, Robert, you weren't close to a real 400 lat night either. It's a
> keyboard controller inside a Mellotron shaped cabinet. I know this, because
> I've seen it up close and I know that they don't use a real one. I think
> Pierre Vielleux was probably the only member/keys player in TMB who actually
> used one on stage.
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> In a message dated 5/3/2012 2:15:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> rmrmax@... writes:
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> Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing The Musical Box perform "The Lamb
> Lies Down On Broadway" at The Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.
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> They were fantastic and paid great attention to detail in every respect;
> the sound was great too!
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> Any of you "guys" who like the Gabriel era Genesis who have never seen The
> Musical Box perform before, I highly recommend you check them out.
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> For their encore, they played "The Musical Box" and "Watcher of the
> Skies". By then, several of the other concert goers who had the better seats on
> the floor area near the center had left, so I had the opportunity to see
> them up close. Their keyboardist had a beautiful black M400 Mellotron and
> it sounded wonderful to my ears. An RMI Electric Piano was sitting on top
> of the Mellotron and another keyboard was sitting on top of the RMI. He
> also had an organ that I "think" was a Hammond, but it was not a B3 and I
> don't believe it was a C3 or A100 either. There was a Leslie speaker sitting
> on the far right of the stage.
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> I don't remember ever being in such close proximity (approximately 20
> feet) to a real Mellotron in all my life; what a thrill it was !
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> Cheers,
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> Robert
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> http://www.5gig.com/The+Musical+Box-tourdates/
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Louis Armstrong

Gino Wong Birgelo

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Audio Production, Logistics, Analog Synthesizers, Sound Design

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I sometimes think we treat animals more humanly than we do humans. Sitting there holding my dog as he gently went to sleep was god-awfully hard, but a beautiful way for him to go. How I wish I could have done the same for my mother!

On May 6, 2012, at 1:51 PM, Hank & Michelle wrote:

Yes, we had to. This has gone so way off of mellotrons. Let me get it back on track.... I'm sure my dog was hearing mellotron choirs as he passed!

On May 7, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org> wrote:

On May 7, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Mike Dickson wrote:

Oddly enough, that's how Orchestrons sound too.

On 7 May 2012 16:57, Fritz Doddy <fdoddy@aol.com> wrote:

Looks like a piece of shit

On 7 May 2012, at 18:19, Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org> wrote:

I like the sound actually. I have the sample set from Pea Hix, which is just fine for me. My wife won't let me put any more keys in my studio.

Off topic: Just got my Leslie 147 amp back for my Leslie 145 cabinet. Completely rebuilt except for transformers. It is a beast!! It screams! Much clearer than other leslies I've used. Very excited...


fritz

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org>
To: <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, May 7, 2012 1:19 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Orchestron

so, in other words-they are perfect when you want that piece of shit sound. certainly not toreplace or be be compared to a mellotron.

On May 7, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Mike Dickson wrote:

Oddly enough, that's how Orchestrons sound too.

On 7 May 2012 16:57, Fritz Doddy <fdoddy@aol.com> wrote:

Looks like a piece of shit

Looks like a piece of shit

Sorry for the brevity as I am replying from a remote region of iPhonekstan.

fritzdoddy

On May 7, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org> wrote:

On May 6, 2012, at 1:51 PM, Hank & Michelle wrote:

Yes, we had to. This has gone so way off of mellotrons. Let me get it back on track.... I'm sure my dog was hearing mellotron choirs as he passed!

Have you guys seen this yet?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261018096798&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

On May 8, 2012, at 3:38 AM, Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com> wrote:

On May 8, 2012, at 3:41 AM, Mike Dickson wrote:

On 8 May 2012 08:38, Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com> wrote:

The Orchestron does have a much lower fidelity than the tape instruments: Mellotron, Chamberlin, Birotron, but some of the sounds have an interesting graininess to them.

Well...yes. In the same sense that Gravel Lasagne has an interesting crunchiness to it.

Mike