The Brooklyn Bicycle – 1962 Dunelt English 3 Speed
September 12, 2009
I purchased this 1962 Dunelt English 3 Speed back in April after a trip to Amsterdam. I’ve been meaning to post about it for months now. So here she is!
Awesome old Wright's saddle - this company was purchased by Brooks a few years later.
Sturmey Archer rear hub with the '62 date
Sturmey Archer 3 speed shifter
Made in England
The Mellotron – Changing Pop Music in the 1960’s
August 20, 2009
A Mellotron M400 in clear lucite
The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. The heart of the instrument is a bank of parallel linear magnetic audio tapes, which have approximately eight seconds of playing time each. Playback heads underneath each key enable the playing of pre-recorded sounds. (Info via Wikipedia)
The Mellotron was used by British rock artists Graham Bond and Mike Pinder before it was used and brought to public popularity by The Beatles in the song “Strawberry Fields Forever”
Check out the Mellotron below in action:
The Invisible Agent 