Mellotronists

In a message dated 2/13/02 12:57:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, don@... 
writes:


> My guess would be a cost reduction from using commodity 8-track
> drives, or the potential reliability from using a mass produced
> tape mechanism, or the ease of mounting new tapes.  

DK's video explains that, according to Dave Biro, the idea for the 8-track 
drive was to reduce the cost, so that a Birotron user could replace a set of 
tapes for about what a guitar player would spend on a couple of month's worth 
of strings (but didn't specifically say how much dollarwise).  Does anyone 
know the original proposed selling price of a Birotron and/or tapes?

Frank Samagaio
M400 #908