The Mellotron Group

Thanks Martin, I never thought you would say that either! I'll certainly look into it, #1565 is working fairly well and sounds pretty good but I know it needs a complete rebuild, the cabinet is badly out of shape and I suspect everything is magnetised or a fire risk. As a back up I have sampled it myself and even my amateur sampling sounds far better than M-tron I think. If I still lived in the UK I would bring it back to you or buy an M4000 but 12,000 miles is too far away from the nearest support.

Cheers

Mark

--- On Thu, 9/12/10, tronbros <tronbros@aol.com> wrote:

From: tronbros <tronbros@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: A short video
To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Received: Thursday, 9 December, 2010, 9:50 PM







 



  


    
      
      
      I. never thought I would say this BUT if you are going down the rackmount road, get the Memotron version.  The sounds come from actual mellotrons, not clean as a whistle master tapes and the layerings, on the fly memory settings so you can store banks,  make for one hell of a machine.  We have no involvement but having listened I know what WE would choose from versatility and authenticity.  
M

mellotronics.co.uk


On 9 Dec 2010, at 04:52, lsf5275@aol.com wrote:






 



    
      
      
      


If you get two of them you would have M4000DDs and that would be an 
impressive rack indeed.
 

In a message dated 12/8/2010 8:01:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
markpringnz@yahoo.com writes:
  
  
  
  
    
    
      Looks wonderful Frank, if I could afford it I would ship 
        #1565 off to you tomorrow, as it is I think the M4000D rack will be for 
        me if it ever sees the light of day at a reasonable 
        price.

Mark

--- On Thu, 9/12/10, lsf5275@aol.com 
        <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

        
From: 
          lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
Subject: Re: 
          [newmellotrongroup] Re: A short video
To: 
          newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Received: Thursday, 9 December, 
          2010, 2:06 AM


            
          
          
          I document nearly everything. When they pick up their machines 
          my clients get a CD with hundreds of photos broken down into 
          disassembly and reassembly of individual components. They also get a 
          special instruction pack that gives them a specific maintenance 
          routine as well as instructions on how to keep the keyboard in peak 
          adjustment. Since about 2007 I have also made some short videos that I 
          send them letting them see where I am in the process.
           
          This is the 35th machine I have worked on.
           
          In a message dated 12/8/2010 1:19:57 A.M. Eastern Standard 
          Time, gabru@comsec.net writes:
          
            
            
            
            
            Really nice Frank!  Do you document all of your 
            restorations?  
            How many have you done over the 
            years?
            
            Gary
            
            
            
            
            
            From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
            [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On B ehalf Of 
            lsf5275@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 9:36 
            PM
To: 
            newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: 
            [newmellotrongroup] Re: A short 
            video
            
              
            
            
            
            
            I have posted this video on you tube. It is private so please 
            don't embed or link to it. It will only be available for a while. I 
            made it as a progress video for a John Hammaren, for whom I am 
            restoring an M400. Since the video was shot, I am quite a bit 
            farther along. I will post a few more private videos as I 
            go.
            
            
            
            Frank
            
            
            
             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82zFrvQiU8Q