Okay- I know I\u2019ll get into trouble on this but........ Please explain to me ( as if to an idiot) why the value of an instrument that is 35+ years and one of only 1000 or so in the world shouldn\u2019t double or triple or even be ten times the original asking price? I\u2019ve watched the price of fender and gibson guitars that my friends bought with paper route money go out the roof so why not mellotrons? I\u2019m not saying I want this to be the case , I\u2019m just wondering why it isn\u2019t so. $5800 IS a lot of money considering that the machine will need a couple of thousand to bring it up to optimum playing order but it didn\u2019t look that bad. TD
In a message dated 10/23/2008 5:07:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pocotron@yahoo.com writes:
Nope, not even $1800 (if that). Brass capstan (hope it's straight), hums, and it almost looks like someone sat on the keyboard. Warped cheek blocks, maybe moisture damage. They didn't say if it works. No evidence of a cover on the spillbox, either. What are the voices?
Not worth the road trip.
your critical thinker :-/
-Bruce D.
It must be just fine. The seller says it's read to play, "Strawberry Fields," right now. What a DEAL!!!! It's a bargain at 1/10th the cost.... maybe
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Re: [newmellotrongroup] My $400 offer was turned down!!
2008-10-24 by Tom Doncourt