A big hand for the MELLOTRON !!

 

Eetu, I didn't know that Budgie and Badger had some Mellotronin their music, worth to check out!

 

Thanks Erik

 

I was born in Sarajevo but currently i live in Belgrade,so you visited Adriatic coast and Slovenia,very beautiful i agree.Well,if you ever dare()to come again to this corner of Europe,you are more than welcome! Back 10 years ago i was in Amsterdam(only in airport )i would like to visit Holland someday,i like Holland beer,Van Gogh and Johan Cruyff(very respected football player out here). 

 

Yeah, I've also played them. The 400M model, I wish I could get my hands on some of the earlier models like the Mk ll! Yes, I agree, they're unlike any other keyboard and the model I played had the last two keys (or heads) not working. They're still in production and Mellotron has made some major improvements on them. And if you can't afford one Mellotron puts out a CD-ROM disk with all the classic Tron sounds. Note, it's not an "audio" disk and requires a real sampler keyboard. (Oopsie! I hope I don't get deleted here, as I'm not trying to sell anything...really!)

 

My favorite groups or recordings using the Mellotron, All of the early The Moody Blues albums(Especially To Our Children's Children Children...) 

Just about anything Tony Banks played on it. Especially Watcher Of The Skies. (The first Genesis Live album version of "Watcher" really kicks ass, sort of their grunge version!) Also Can-Utility & The Coastliners, The Fountain Of Salmacis, Entangled, Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats, to name some.

King Crimson's Lizard. And all of the early Tangerine Dream albums.

 

 

Thanks for your enthousiastic reaction DarioIndjic  !

By the way, where are your from, I visited Yugoslavia (before the 'civil war'), Optajia, Plitvice, Bled, great!

 

Andrea C, I pointed at the Down By The Sea version on BBC Live 73/74 and the Live In Tokyo DVD.

 

Thanks Erik!Yes, i'm a bit of "mellotron snob",I know.

But you guys are a lot sympathic and cool and I appreciated that!

 

For the CMC-10,It's sure that your friend M400 got it(it's the big screw on the middle left and got a big green plastic plate).I recognized it because I have the same on my M400 and it's very apparent on the pic you posted with the lid removed.I just want to know if it got a pitch-drop when you pressed 4-5 notes when you've tried it.For the serial number,I want to know if they were made around the same time as mine and I will be able to speculate a date of the time it was made.Mine is S/N 719 and was made in April or May(Spring) 1973.Thanks for asking your "Mellotron friend" the next time you will see him,Erik.Tell him he got a nice machine,like I said a lot nicer that the majority I saw on Ebay for sale and was sold for a lot of money.

 

 

 

Nice pics,Erik!

 

It's a beautiful M400,a little worn by the years but they are machines that have lived!

 

Just a little clarification,just for the record (I don't want to be considered a "big head" or a "fresh",sorry ) but judging by the photos,your friend M400 is equipped with CMC-10 motor card.I also had that motor card on my M400 and never got problem with it but mellotrons specialists said that it must be replaced as soon as possible with a new SMS-4 or SMS-5.When you tried it,Erik does it have a drop of pitch when you pressed 4-5 notes together?

 

Another point,personnally I will never had put stickers on the keys or in front of it but maybe they were already there when your friend brought the M400.But that's cosmetic and maybe they were put to hide some scratchs.Otherwise,it's a nice M400,above the majority of severals I saw for sale on Ebay.

 

Sorry Erik, yesterday I wanted to replied to your personnal message and even posted something here regarding of your pics but can't yesterday.You've done excellent pics of that Mellotron.

 

I just orderd In the Region of the Summer Stars and a new one White Goddess   from Amazon (Caiman).

 

Great stuff!