Mellotronists

Hi Steve, and welcome to the group. It just so happens that there's 
a company in your country that is the originator of the Mellotron 
and still builds them for a very reasonable price. That company is 
Streetly Electronics. They also sell refurbished Trons that are like 
new.

http://www.mellotronics.com/

P.S. The reply default for this group is the poster's email address, 
so you have to set it for the group before submitting.

Regards,
Bernie


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "stevetebble" <steve@s...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi All
> 
> I've just joined this group so I'd like to say hello to you all 
and a 
> belated Merry Christmas.  I've become a confirmed eBay addict, so 
far 
> I've bought loads of CD's, guitar parts, and models of Concorde 
but 
> sometimes I type in 'mellotron' just to see what comes up.  I saw 
the 
> one in Austria a couple of weeks back, and actually bid.  I knew 
I'd 
> never be able to afford it, I just bid so that I'd be able to say 
I'd 
> done it - and the screenshot with 'you are the highest bidder' 
does 
> look very nice framed and on the wall!
> I stopped at 1477 (about £900), but had I realised the end price 
was 
> going to be equivalent to about £1500, plus only 100 euros to ship 
it 
> here (that's Bristol, England) might have been tempted to go 
> further.  Of course, we have no way of knowing how high the 
eventual 
> winner was willing to go - is he anyone known to you guys?
> I don't currently have a 'Tron but will soon be looking, all these 
> samples, and synths that try to sound like one are all very well, 
but 
> after a while you start thinking, what about the real thing!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Steve Tebble.
>