The Mellotron Group

#500, (alias #497) was $2900 around late '73. Caruso Music in New Haven found it for me at a music shop in Boston.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas C. Doncourt" <tomdcour@...> wrote:
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> 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
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> > 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 DMIÂ 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."Â  I guess this seller didn't pay attention to the last
> > line about the case.
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> > Â Â  -Bruce D.
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> > --- On Tue, 6/15/10, John Wright <john.wright@...> wrote:
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> > From: John Wright <john.wright@...>
> > 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
> > them?
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> > John
> > #911
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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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