Mellotron Organ
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"To walk up to the Mellotron, not knowing if it was going to be in tune or what it was going to do; you might expect violins and get trumpets instead. It was a terrifying experience!"
-John Paul Jones
3 years ago 12
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Mellotron has some of the most beautiful sounds in music.
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Doppler effect :D
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Well you can fly high as a kite if you want to.. but thinking is the best way to travel.
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@Wilco79 It only takes a short length of magnetic tape to stretch in order to ruin a previously good note.
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Just picked up one of these today. I played around with it for a little while, and then figured out the Sound of Silence. Coolest. Thing. Ever.
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This reminds me - thinking is the best way to travel... :-)
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@nootaramus Mellotron potramentos are the best way to travel/ thinking is the best way to travel was used as the theme for an am radio talk show in new york then in a later decade jonathan king had one .
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that is the sound from "the best way to travel" written by mike pinder of the moody blues.
very cool. the sound defined the early moody blues and when they were touring in the late 60's and early 70's, mike had it running thru some big marshall amps and it was very loud.
they were the best back in the day. lots of tripping at their shows and everyone would be asking what kind of "organ" was that guy playing !???"
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@promagnum 8 seconds of tape
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Moody Blues Sound from in the search of the lost chord
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Led Zeppelin used one of these in the album House Of The Holy. :D
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Do you have any Rhythm and Fills tape frames? I'd love to hear those.
The2010SnowDay 1 year ago
@The2010SnowDay - The only ones I have right now are the Bass Accordion and accordion chords, and the Bungalow Bill guitar (can be heard elsewhere in my videos), but am planning to get others eventually.
tronfan66 1 year ago
wow how far can you go with that pitch??
a half octave?
San5a 2 years ago
@San5a - The entire range from lowest to highest is 4 whole tones.
tronfan66 2 years ago
Those things are so awesome, and so unique. Unfortunately it seems they break down quite often due to their complex mechanical nature. I've walked into repair shops and seen mellotron parts on the bench more than once.
ijosef 2 years ago
This is true, they can be prone to problems, but usually that tends to happen more if the machines aren't properly maintained by their owners in the first place (in the same way that a car goes off-kilter if it isn't regularly maintained), or if they have been badly adjusted. If a Mellotron is properly cared for it'll last for many a year.
tronfan66 2 years ago