The Mellotron Group

Mark,
 
If you want to come to the east coast (DC area), I'll gladly put you up.  
However, you'll have to carry my barbells up to the attic and put new front  
brake pads on my truck. We can also play with all my gear.
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 5/4/2009 12:54:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
markstuartwallis@hotmail.com writes:

 
 




 
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Hi Folks.

Here's an odd appeal for you all..  I'm  planning a trip to LA for a few 
weeks from late June. The main focus of this  is to do music and get about a 
bit.. I have a band to play with and am looking  forward to a really cool few 
weeks..

I was wondering if any of  you guys could use some occasional technical 
assistance from a guy well-versed  in electromechanical and analog keys. 

Yep, I'm basically  hustling for some 'unofficial' work to help make my 
dollars last a little  longer and make the partying and musicking easier to 
fund. 

I've  been quietly trading for the last couple of years repairing mostly  
vintage/classic gear and every penny I have comes from this apart from  very 
occasional gigs and sculptural metalwork. Here's a brief list of the sort of 
things I've been happily  paid to happily work on from the last year or  so:

Miscellaneous tonewheel Hammonds inc consoles and spinets.  There's very 
little that I haven't done with big Hammonds and I spent  most of a year 
working for HammondHire/big Hammonds and I spent  most of a year working for 
HammondHire/<WBR>Servicezon
Leslies  (tube and  transistorised) 
Vox Continentals  ( British and Italian, 1963  onwards) Jaguars
Farfisa Compacts
Loads of Rhodes
Wurlitzers 140B,  200,200A  (I've even been known to make reeds from 
scratch)
Hohner  Clavinets and Pianets
Selmer Claviolines
Misc. Moogs
ARP  Oddysseys/Omnis
SCI P5, Pro-Ones
WEM Copicats/Roland Space  Echoes
Misc. mixers from dinky to gigantic
Philicorda organs
Wierd  Russian analog synths
valve/tube amps
..and lots more

Oh,  and I'm not bad with Mellotrons and my near-neighbours JB and MS have 
taught  me lots more recently.

I usually do a nice job, I'm a musician  too so all my keyboard jobs feel 
nice and responsive. Rhodes and Wurlies  especially. 


So, if you do this sort of thing and have  too much work on, or if you have 
a housefull of gear that you would like me to  wqrk on for cash (at 
mutually suitable rates, weighed in your favour/favor)  and can't find time to do 
yourself.. please get in touch and ask any questions  that you want. I'm 
intending to be around for up to three months this  time.

Similarly, I may need to buy/rent or borrow some gear. A  Farfisa Compact 
would be handy, an M400 would be great! I may be bring a Vox  Conti over with 
me, maybe only guitars.

Also, if you have a room  going, I could happily service your gear for my 
keep... Initially I'm supposed  to be staying with a friend in Echo Park, 
wherever that may  be.

There's plenty of time 'twixt now and then so think about it  and talk to 
me.

I'm a reasonably straight and sober individual,  apart from the odd 
Rock'n'Roll moment. But I'm always  gentlemanly!

I'm also a pretty good mechanic, especially with  British motorcycles.I

Love and Scones,

Mark  Wallis





 
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