The Mellotron Group

The machine is finished. Now I get to live with it until Sunday, during  
which time I will make countless adjustments and fiddle with it until it is  
finally taken way from me.
 
 
In a message dated 1/27/2011 10:42:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
pocotron@yahoo.com writes:

 
 
 
Hey Frank-
   What a trooper!  Nice finish on the case,  too.  You even capped it off 
with a TWO DOG NIGHT!
   Please send us some of your snow (in small doses, of  course).  The 
plains of Colorado this winter are as dry as a  popcorn fart...
 
   -Bruce D.


--- On Thu, 1/27/11, lsf5275@aol.com  <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:



From:  lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com>
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] Re: The continuing saga of #525
To:  newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011,  11:35 AM


 
 
Gas heat, but an electric blower. I have a furnace and air  conditioner 
that addresses the basement and the first floor and then a  2nd unit in the 
attic that heats and cools the 2nd floor. Karen has  asthma so we don't burn 
fires anymore even though we have two  fireplaces. We do have lots of blankets 
and two very large, warm  dogs.
 
 
I'm so exhauster and sore from digging, I haven't the strength to  complete 
the reassembly. There's still much to be done.
 
 
In a message dated 1/27/2011 1:28:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
barrickjohn262@gmail.com writes:

 
Nice job as always, Frank.  Is your heat gas or electric?  I hope it's gas.

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:48  AM, <_lsf5275@aol.com_ 
(http://us.mc636.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lsf5275@aol.com) >  wrote:


Yesterday was hell.
 
I have a friend who lets me use his spray booth and helps me  paint when I 
he has time. We finished repainting the cabinet  yesterday and I wanted to 
get it home before the snow storm  arrived. I left Manassas at 3:30 PM for a 
12 mile drive. I got  home at 11 PM. I have a huge 4 wheel drive truck, and 
I was able  to take unplowed back roads for part of the journey, but I 
pulled  over 3 miles from my house to help someone who had slid off the  road. I 
got stuck in two feet of mud so soft and thick it was like  concrete. I had 
to walk home to get a couple of shovels and walk  back. The snow by the time 
I got back was 8 inches deep. No luck  in digging it out. Finally at 11 PM 
three guys in three trucks  with chains came along. It took all three of 
them to pull me  loose. I wasn't leaving my truck or that cabinet on the side 
of  the road.
 
When I finally got home, we had no power... all night.
 
For those of you who can see them, here are some photos. I'll  put up a 
summary on the group page when it's done. 
 
The cabinet had the right side busted out and holes drilled  all over it. 
The rear frame mount was warped and falling  off.