In a message dated 4/30/2007 2:49:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, yahoo@... writes:
And do MkII's ever show up on ebay? What are the chances of your
average schmuck ever tracking one down in his lifetime?
The MkVII doesn't do a whole lot for me. Even if playing Dixieland
gets old after awhile (∗gasp∗), it would be nice to have dozens of
sounds available (instead of 3 or 6).
guybrush
A very pristine Mark II was posted on ebay couple of months back. It was connected to an estate auction in England I believe. As I recall, the winning bidder, after all fees and commissions would have had about $12,000.00 in it. Then there would be the cost of crating it and shipping it to the US or wherever.
Pretty rare.
If you want a Mellotron with lots of sounds, I think you should contact Streetly about a brand spanking new M-4000. 24 resident sounds and it won't give you a hernia trying to transport it if you want to drag it from place to place. I think you can call them at:
1-800-MLO-Tron∗
or
Go to Mellotronics.com
Frank
∗(just kidding).