The Mellotron Group

well.....stop!

On 1/3/2011 1:16 PM, fdoddy@aol.com wrote:
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> ...and I'm still kicking myself!
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> fritz
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Mon, Jan 3, 2011 3:52 pm
> Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: just throwing this out there too
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> \u2026and I am still kicking myself for not investing in Google at the 
> start\u2026..and selling at the peak! J
> *From:*newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com?>] *On Behalf Of *Tony
> *Sent:* Monday, January 03, 2011 12:44 PM
> *To:* newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: just throwing this out there too
> And I'm still kicking myself for not buying ex Moraz's Mark V.
> Tony
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:*David Jacques <mailto:djacques@csulb.edu>
>     *To:*newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>     <mailto:newmellotrong%20%20roup@yahoogroups.com>
>     *Sent:*Monday, January 03, 2011 3:40 PM
>     *Subject:*Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: just throwing this out there too
>     Indeed.... There is no way it would make financial sense to
>     duplicate a Mark II. I would probably buy a vintage Mark II... but
>     only as a collectors item as part of my own keyboard collection. I
>     use samples for live performance.
>     I am still kicking myself for not bidding on the last Mark II up
>     for auction. I would have paid a lot more than it went for.
>     On Jan 3, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Gary Brumm wrote:
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>     Why not just 2 400s or 4000s or MKIVs in a L config for better
>     playability\u2026.not to mention portability.
>     Anyone with the money can get a sampler and anyon e with the money
>     can get a 4000 or 5000.  The overwhelming
>     majority opt for the sampler even if they have the budget for the
>     tape machine.  If the mechanical limitations hadn\u2019t forced the side
>     by side configuration I am sure they would have stacked the
>     keyboards.  I doubt the market would be much of anything for
>     a side by side Mellotron today\u2026.especially at $10K-$15K.
>     *From:*newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>     <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
>     [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com]*On Behalf
>     Of*lsf5275@aol.com <mailto:lsf5275@aol.com>
>     *Sent:*Monday, January 03, 2011 11:33 AM
>     *To:*newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>     <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
>     *Subject:*Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: just throwing this out there too
>     Well, Mark I and II Mellotrons were that way, and it would be a
>     lot simpler to duplicate that layout in a real 2 manual Mellotron
>     than to build them over-under. Plus, in the M5000 if Streetly get
>     around to duplicating that big fat-ass bench then we'll really be
>     in business. Looks like a Mark II for that retro feeling. Plays as
>     well or better than a Mark II. Has 10 times the reliability of a
>     Mark II. What's not to like... as long as you have the bucks to
>     afford one. Anyone can get a sampler... anyone. Not everyone can
>     have an M4000 or M5000.
>     I can configure the samples in my Triton P roX to duplicate a Mark
>     II. Haven't yet, but I intend to right after I finish doing
>     everything else on earth I can think of... (and no, I am not
>     intending to expand stuff I can/need/want to do to outer space). I
>     wish I could have a M5000, but I feel fortunate to have the 4000.
>     In this economy, I don't think I could take delivery on one if I
>     had to do so today.
>     In a message dated 1/3/2011 1:18:02 P.M. Eastern Standard
>     Time,gabru@comsec.net <mailto:gabru@comsec.net>writes:
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>         Obviously the original ~had~ to be built that way (mechanical
>         logistics) but why you would want to connect 2 manuals
>         side by side in ~modern~ times is beyond me\u2026..
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