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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Sound question

2009-01-09 by djacques@csulb.edu

The Mellotron that Crimson used on that 1969 tour (I saw two of those shows in West Palm Beach) was a Mark II with 2 silver handles on the sides. There is a website under the search of "King Crimson's Mellotrons" with pictures of that actual tron. According to the site it is still in Fripp's possession.

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From: nickhewitt25
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:47:42 -0000
To: <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Sound question

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, nickhewitt25 <no_reply@...>
wrote:
> There IS a Mk2 in a museum or such-like in the US somewhere - I
lifted
> a JPEG of it off the 'net. For some unexplained reason, I think
it's in
> (or close to) New York, though I am perfectly willing to be
corrected
> on that point. According to the blurb attached to the JPEG (which I
> never retained), King Crimson used it on their first tour of the
USA in
> November/December 1969. I've tried to copy & paste the JPEG here,
but
> this site won't let me.
>
> Nick
>

I've done a bit of poking around, and according to...

http://www.jarrelook.co.uk/KitTron/KitMellotron.html

the ex-KC Mk2 is in Bob Moog's museum, where ever that is. At the
bottom of the above web-page is the photo I was banging on about,
together with the information.

Nick

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