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Mellotrons and Optigans
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The source for information, new sounds, and replacement parts for Mellotrons and Chamberlins.
http://www.mellotron.com/
Dedicated to the OPTIcal orGAN, an instrument which stored its sounds on optical disks.
http://www.optigan.com/
A page dedicated to Mellotron samples for soundcard and sampler users.
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Hovercraft.html I found my username and password in an old email. So let's celebrate by adding a link to my latest sample page for the Peavey SP. Lots of free samples to download if you're an SP/SP+ user. Drop in, have...Information about the instruments
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Mellotrons, Chamberlins, and their Sounds These fascinating instruments, originally made famous by groups like The Moody Blues, The Beatles, and Genesis, are enjoying a re-discovery forty years later by a new generation of musicians and listeners. Despite the fact that they have no true voice...Service and repairs for sick mellotrons. Also a history of the instrument.
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Streetly Electronics: the original Mellotron makers. Streetly Electronics: the original Mellotron makers Font Definitions font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 268435456 0 0 -2147483648 0 font-face {font-family:Chicago; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0...A history of the instrument.
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The Optigan Optigan was a novelty instrument built and marketed by the Optigam Corporation (a subsidiary of Mattel) in Compton, USA in the early 1970's. The unusual feature of the Optigan was its method of sound synthesis; the Optigan optically read graphic...