Mellotronists

I owned an Vako Orchestron for about a year.  As I recall, it was 
about one fifth the price of a Mellotron, which was what I really 
wanted but knew I'd never be able to afford.  So I saved up and 
bought the Orchestron instead.  I discovered by accident that you 
could put at least two discs into the thing at once, thereby 
combining, say, strings and choir, though the resulting fidelity was 
even worse.  Being quite simple ina construction, it was very 
reliable, and I ended up selling it at a reasonable price.  Of 
course, I now wish that I had hung onto it, though unlike tapes, the 
optical discs would be very hard to duplicate nowadays.

-Jamie Robertson