What it's worth and what you can get for it in today's market are two different things. If it's in perfect working order (if it has an SMS2 motor card and doesn't need any maintenance at all), I'm guessing it's worth about $5000, but you'd be lucky to get $4000.
Bernie
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "calldon2k" <calldon2k@...> wrote:
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> I haven't been on this group for awhile but I'm feeling out the market. I have a "brand new" M400 that has been played probably less than 15 minutes total time. I bought it around 15-20 years ago or so from the original dealer. I bought it for recording but I have never completed a studio with room for it and have not recorded at all with it. The Mellotron has been kept first in my apartment, then in a church music studio with recording equipment, then in a home, all climate controlled, regular conditions, no kids, no food, no pets.
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> Around 11 years ago or so I removed the tape rail and degaused the tape heads. Then I replaced the tape rail and played it a bit but still did no recording on it.
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> Other than that, it has hardly been touched. It has a few scuff marks from sitting in the music store all those years. But it hasn't had a scratch since I have owned it. Heck, nobody was around it since I owned it except me.
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> I am going to get the serial number in just a little while. I think it may be 1345 or 1354, but I have to check to make sure.
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> It is located in Dallas, Tx. USA. So can anyone give me a ballpark figure if I wanted to sell it??
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> Thanks!!!
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