The Mellotron Group

I remember the price in 1973 being quoted to me at $4,000. Sam Ash music
store had a sale for $3000 which is what I paid plus tax. I was working
full time in a furniture factory making $80 a week and paid off a$100 a
month loan on #390

> Hi all-
>   Yeah, I also have one of the DMI pamphlets.  I ordered the info in
> 1975, but the pamphlet I recieved was dated 1973, and quoted a
> $3950.00 price (w/muff, cord, pedal).  Interestingly, it also came with a
> November 1975-dated letter from DMI announcing a price reduction to
> $2995.00 "while stocks last".
>   It's possible the seller was quoting the early price of Dave Kean's
> MKVI.  I have an old 2003 printout.  His website used to say
> "Available at the original 1973 American price of $5200.00 plus shipping.
> Case included."  I guess this seller didn't pay attention to the last
> line about the case.
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>    -Bruce D.
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> --- On Tue, 6/15/10, John Wright <john.wright@consona.com> wrote:
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> From: John Wright <john.wright@consona.com>
> Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Price of Mellotron in 1972
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 9:47 AM
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> That's interesting.  I believe that would be about $24,000 (1967
> =100) in today's dollars.  That price is about $1,000 higher than a
> Hammond spinet in the early 70's.  "L" and "M" Hammonds probably about
> half that much used.
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> Wonder how one could afford a Tron then.  Did studios buy them and lease
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> John
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> From: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:newmellotro
> ngroup@yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf Of partune
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:34 AM
> To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Price of Mellotron in 1972
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> Seeing all the posts about the price of the Tron on eBay, I've a copy of a
> letter I received in 1972 from DMI quoting a price on a new M400 as
> $3,500.00.
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> Regards,
> partune
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