The Mellotron Group

Nope, that was Ed Sullivan. The mouse was obviously gay and Ed always had a 
 thing for puppets. That's why Topo was on week after week. He had photos.
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/4/2010 6:08:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
djacques@csulb.edu writes:

 
 
 
 
I thought that Welk was having an affair with Topo Gigio....  




On Aug 4, 2010, at 2:59 PM, Chris Dale wrote:



 
 
 


I highly doubt the appearance of any Tron or Chamby on Welk's  show for 
several reasons.
 
 
Lawrence Welk's orchestra are indeed the players on the tapes. Welk  also 
offered to fund the manufacture of the instrument if his name was  used to 
promote and sell the machine.
 
So instead of Chamberlin, it would have been a "Welk" machine.
 
That might have happened except that Harry was very determined to keep  the 
machine in his own business domain <WBR>and told Welk to  buzz  Harry never 
cared for 'celebrity pandering'. The other  reason he told Welk that was 
because he didn't like Welk's flirting  with his wife everytime he came over 
to the house.
 
So I'm sure what was seen on the show was a Harmonium which can also  sound 
like an accordian.
 
 
 
 
 
 


On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Bruce Daily <_pocotron@yahoo  .poc_ 
(mailto:pocotron@yahoo.com) > wrote:


 
 
 


Hi Tom-
  I think that Jimmy Moore once noted that he saw  what he thought was a 
tron (maybe a Chamby?) on  Welk's show.  Jimmy?
 
  -Bruce D.


--- On Tue, 8/3/10, Tom  Doncourt <_tomdcour@amnh.tom_ 
(mailto:tomdcour@amnh.org) > wrote :



From: Tom  Doncourt <_tomdcour@amnh.tom_ (mailto:tomdcour@amnh.org) >
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] Chamberlin spotting?
To: _newmellotrongroup@newmellotronnew_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) 
Date:  Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 6:52 AM  



 
I don't know , but I do know that Harry Chamberlin used the  Lawrence Welk 
orchestra.

On Aug 3, 2010, at 8:46 AM, johnm400s911 wrote:



 
On Saturday July 24th at 7:00 PM our local PBS station ran  an old Lawrence 
Welk show. Just as my Dad did in the 70's, I  tormented my kids by making 
them watch a few minutes. This  particular show, episode 1247, in the first 
few minutes had what  I think was a Chamberlin being played. The sound was an 
 accordian and what makes me think it might have been a  Chamberlin vs. a 
spinet Baldwin or Kimbell organ was the absense  of stops, padal buttons, 
etc. The keyboard was a single manual,  did not have 88 keys and was very 
plain/simple in appearance.  I've googled Chamberlin images and can't find what I 
saw. Anyone  know if the Welk Orchestra used a  Chamberlin?

John
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