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I have received My M4000

I have received My M4000

2009-08-01 by lsf5275@aol.com

Now that John and Martin have returned from their vacations, I wanted to let you all know that I received my M4000 last Wednesday and it was well worth the wait. The is a Mellotron beyond all others. Quite simply, everything else pales in comparison. The craftsmanship is second to none and it just fucking cool!
Here is my tape set and some photos. I am gloriously happy. It is a box full of genius.
Frank
M4000 # 16

Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-01 by Mark Pring

Congratulations Frank,

It is a wonderful machine. You are very fortunate!

Mark

--- On Sun, 8/2/09, lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

From: lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009, 10:23 AM

Now that John and Martin have returned from their vacations, I wanted to let you all know that I received my M4000 last Wednesday and it was well worth the wait. The is a Mellotron beyond all others. Quite simply, everything else pales in comparison. The craftsmanship is second to none and it just fucking cool!
Here is my tape set and some photos. I am gloriously happy. It is a box full of genius.
Frank
M4000 # 16

Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-01 by kinchmusic@aol.com

Congratulations Frank. You are indeed a lucky chap. I've seen at first hand the level of care and craftsmanship that's gone into your electro/ mechanical marvel, and every nut bolt and diode have been lovingly put in place by the Streetly team. Craftsmanship of the highest order, in my opinion.
Well done!
Happing Tronning!
Andy K

RE: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-02 by John Wright

Frank,
Congratulations!. Nice shot of the studio too. Hats off to John and Martin.
John
#911

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of lsf5275@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 6:23 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

Now that John and Martin have returned from their vacations, I wanted to let you all know that I received my M4000 last Wednesday and it was well worth the wait. The is a Mellotron beyond all others. Quite simply, everything else pales in comparison. The craftsmanship is second to none and it just fucking cool!
Here is my tape set and some photos. I am gloriously happy. It is a box full of genius.
Frank
M4000 # 16

Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-02 by Bruce Daily

Congrats, Frank-
That's a beautiful machine, nice and shiny! Good sound selections, too.
The studio shot makes it look like the two 'trons are set to do battle!
My best
-Bruce Daily

--- On Sat, 8/1/09, lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

From: lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009, 4:23 PM

Now that John and Martin have returned from their vacations, I wanted to let you all know that I received my M4000 last Wednesday and it was well worth the wait. The is a Mellotron beyond all others. Quite simply, everything else pales in comparison. The craftsmanship is second to none and it just fucking cool!
Here is my tape set and some photos. I am gloriously happy. It is a box full of genius.
Frank
M4000 # 16

Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-02 by Paul Marshall

Hi all,
Frank, what a lovely piece of kit! Enjoy.You lucky bugger!
Martin/John/Brian - what can we say? Well done!
PM
M400 #1380 'T500-ette'.
PS big changes afoot for my #1380. Watch this space!

Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-02 by marabus

Frank,
Congradulations on your latest addition!
Pete

lsf5275@aol.com wrote:
> Now that John and Martin have returned from their vacations, I wanted
> to let you all know that I received my M4000 last Wednesday and it was
> well worth the wait. The is a Mellotron beyond all others. Quite
> simply, everything else pales in comparison. The craftsmanship is
> second to none and it just fucking cool!
>
> Here is my tape set and some photos. I am gloriously happy. It is a
> box full of genius.
>
> Frank
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-02 by tony1

I'm betting on the black one, :-).
Tony
510 & 02 some sunny day ......
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

Congrats, Frank-
That's a beautiful machine, nice and shiny! Good sound selections, too.
The studio shot makes it look like the two 'trons are set to do battle!
My best
-Bruce Daily

--- On Sat, 8/1/09, lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

From: lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009, 4:23 PM

Now that John and Martin have returned from their vacations, I wanted to let you all know that I received my M4000 last Wednesday and it was well worth the wait. The is a Mellotron beyond all others. Quite simply, everything else pales in comparison. The craftsmanship is second to none and it just fucking cool!
Here is my tape set and some photos. I am gloriously happy. It is a box full of genius.
Frank
M4000 # 16

RE: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-02 by Mark Wallis

Hey Frank,

"take this, brother. May it it serve you well.."

A beautiful instrument.

Best whooshes,

msw

To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
From: lsf5275@aol.com
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 18:23:04 -0400
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

Now that John and Martin have returned from their vacations, I wanted to let you all know that I received my M4000 last Wednesday and it was well worth the wait. The is a Mellotron beyond all others. Quite simply, everything else pales in comparison. The craftsmanship is second to none and it just fucking cool!
Here is my tape set and some photos. I am gloriously happy. It is a box full of genius.
Frank
M4000 # 16

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Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-02 by lsf5275@aol.com

It may have been Martin who said this, or perhaps Gordon Reid, but the M4000 truly make the Mellotron as viable as touring or recording instrument.
It is beautifully made and should be reliable as hell. Most importantly for those in the music industry and especially for me, it's nearly idiot proof.
In a message dated 8/2/2009 8:31:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, markstuartwallis@hotmail.com writes:

Hey Frank,

"take this, brother. May it it serve you well.."

A beautiful instrument.

Best whooshes,

msw

To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
From: lsf5275@aol. com
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 18:23:04 -0400
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

Now that John and Martin have returned from their vacations, I wanted to let you all know that I received my M4000 last Wednesday and it was well worth the wait. The is a Mellotron beyond all others. Quite simply, everything else pales in comparison. The craftsmanship is second to none and it just fucking cool!
Here is my tape set and some photos. I am gloriously happy. It is a box full of genius.
Frank
M4000 #16
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RE: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-02 by Ms. Janet Strauss

Congratulations Frank.

Keep us posted on how well it plays.

(Couldn’t help but notice the larger internal volume - as compared to the older model).

Jim

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Sent:
Saturday, August 01, 2009 6:23 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

Now that John and Martin have returned from their vacations, I wanted to let you all know that I received my M4000 last Wednesday and it was well worth the wait. The is a Mellotron beyond all others. Quite simply, everything else pales in comparison. The craftsmanship is second to none and it just fucking cool!

Here is my tape set and some photos. I am gloriously happy. It is a box full of genius.

Frank

M4000 # 16

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Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-02 by lsf5275@aol.com

They had to make the cabinet bigger to contain all of the magic within.
Frank
In a message dated 8/2/2009 11:22:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jandjstrz@verizon.net writes:

Congratulations Frank.

Keep us posted on how well it plays.

(Couldn’t help but notice the larger internal volume - as compared to the older model).

Jim

RE: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-02 by Ms. Janet Strauss

Enjoy…!

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Sunday, August 02, 2009 11:50 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

They had to make the cabinet bigger to contain all of the magic within.

Frank

In a message dated 8/2/2009 11:22:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jandjstrz@verizon. net writes:

Congratulations Frank.

Keep us posted on how well it plays.

(Couldn’t help but notice the larger internal volume - as compared to the older model).

Jim

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Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-02 by zappaboggs

Frank,

That is wonderful!!! The best of luck...

Will you be putting Dead Purple or Joplin Pink on the outside???
"But when you think of me tune in the frequency, Come out and play come out and play"
...Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams

"Nothing can change the shape of things to come."
...Max Frost
"Any talent that we are born with eventually surfaces as a need"
...Marsha Sinetar


From: "lsf5275@aol.com" <lsf5275@aol.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2009 6:23:04 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

Now that John and Martin have returned from their vacations, I wanted to let you all know that I received my M4000 last Wednesday and it was well worth the wait. The is a Mellotron beyond all others. Quite simply, everything else pales in comparison. The craftsmanship is second to none and it just fucking cool!
Here is my tape set and some photos. I am gloriously happy. It is a box full of genius.
Frank
M4000 # 16

Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-03 by jeffrey coulter


can't wait to see it with some unicorns and flowers painted on it!

seriously - congrats!

...jeff



--- On Sat, 8/1/09, lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

From: lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009, 6:23 PM

Now that John and Martin have returned from their vacations, I wanted to let you all know that I received my M4000 last Wednesday and it was well worth the wait. The is a Mellotron beyond all others. Quite simply, everything else pales in comparison. The craftsmanship is second to none and it just fucking cool!
Here is my tape set and some photos. I am gloriously happy. It is a box full of genius.
Frank
M4000 # 16

Re: [newmellotrongroup] I have received My M4000

2009-08-03 by lsf5275@aol.com

No Unicorns... we're going to put garden gnomes all over it; maybe a couple of elves with Martin's, John's and Paul's faces. We might just paint it with pictures of dwarves dressed up as elves and garden gnomes. We've even thought of making it into a chia-tron. Or maybe the Wizard of Oz... Yeah, that's it, we'll paint Dorothy and the crew skipping merrily along on the back of the Tron, with the wicked witch of the East painted on the right side and the wicked witch of the West on the left. We'll put Glenda on the top, of course. And perhaps some sparkly red shoes sticking out from under the bottom
In a message dated 8/3/2009 2:41:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, i_am_zontar@yahoo.com writes:
can't wait to see it with some unicorns and flowers painted on it!

RE: [newmellotrongroup] Name That Tune..

2009-08-03 by Ms. Janet Strauss

…er, actually, - name the keyboards.

I’ve been listening to this rather haunting instrumental tune called “Birds on a Wire” by Spyra, from their Etherlands CD.

I’d post it - but I haven’t a link handy.

(I found it on iTunes…).


You can sample the track, or if you are willing to risk 0.99 US I think you would enjoy it.

I’m sure there is some kind of viola strings, very gloomy - and the weird bird calls are moog.

Rhodes piano…and something keyboard like that I swear is on Pink Floyd’s Umma Gumma…

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Re: Name That Tune..

2009-08-04 by ceccles_ca

re: Birds on the Wire - I hear Solina and Hohner Clavinet
There's a track on Etherlands called Mellotron Etude.

http://www.derspyra.de/frameset/spyra_set1.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLJHQs2I610

...always room for another Berlin artist.


--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Ms. Janet Strauss" <jandjstrz@...> wrote:
>
> .er, actually, - name the keyboards.
>
>
>
> I've been listening to this rather haunting instrumental tune called "Birds
> on a Wire" by Spyra, from their Etherlands CD.
>
>
>
> I'd post it - but I haven't a link handy.
>
> (I found it on iTunes.).
>
>
> You can sample the track, or if you are willing to risk 0.99 US I think
> you would enjoy it.
>
>
>
> I'm sure there is some kind of viola strings, very gloomy - and the weird
> bird calls are moog.
>
> Rhodes piano.and something keyboard like that I swear is on Pink Floyd's
> Umma Gumma.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.42/2279 - Release Date: 08/03/09
> 05:57:00
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