My favourite instruments

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CC9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0c500640dwnjzk.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Andy Kinch the home of Andys Diner CD,F"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     |</B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="News Gothic MT" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="News Gothic MT" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Westminster" ><B>Andy Kinch - the home of Andy's Diner CD,Flip,11:59 </B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Andys Diner CD"><U><B>Andy's Diner CD</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="News Gothic MT" ><B>   |   </B></FONT><B>My favourite instruments</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="News Gothic MT" ><B>   |   </B></FONT><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Some Photo Memories"><U><B>Some Photo Memories</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="News Gothic MT" ><B>   |   </B></FONT><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Favourite Links"><U><B>Favourite Links</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="News Gothic MT" ><B>   |   </B></FONT><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>My favourite instruments</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=300 BGCOLOR="#A6CAF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> My favourite instruments</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="09140f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="09340f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0cf401b0.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="283" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>My favourite instruments</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#3333FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>Mini moog.</B></FONT>The classic synth of all classic synths.</div> <div> <B>Mellotron 400</B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0099" FACE="Cancun" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#262626" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >The forerunner to today's samplers, I've actually owned four of the dammed things! There's just something amazing about  the sound this machine makes.</FONT></div> <div> For those of you who want to know what one sounds like , check out any Moody Blues, Genesis, Strawbs, King Crimson or Yes albums and you'll hear what  I mean. The instrument has a tape player under each note , and was always very heavy to lift ,and as temperamental as a temperamental thing! But the sound is just so organic (no pun intended). No computer based keyboard can fully emulate the Mellotron's musical  character. I've just had mine, which used to be owned by Jimmy Page, renovated by those awfully nice Streetly lads! - See favourite links.</div> <div> I  actually met  Rick Wakeman at a concert he gave at a local church back in '99 (See pic on home page). He above all others is responsible  for my unnatural fascination  with these  two musical icons of the sixties. He alone takes full blame for endless nights trying to get my early machines to stay in tune!</div> <div> All of us brought up on seventies "Pomp Rock" have memories of Rick with his Silver cloak hunched over banks of keyboards. He had at least two of each of these! - Impressive!</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>