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Subject: RE: [Mellotronists] Switch Caps

From: "Brundage, Jim" <jpb@...>
Date: 2003-10-28

Does anyone think that they would ever sell their Mellotron? If not,
then $10 bucks is a drop in the bucket for a replacement cap that could
quite possibly provide a lifetime of service. (now that most of these
machines are better cared for, they probably wont need another) Also, it
would look original and that's what we'd prefer, right?. I'd pay the
$10.

Jim #917

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Coulter [mailto:jeffc@...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:54 AM
To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Switch Caps


On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Mike Rivers wrote:

> Hey everybody!
>
> 'Spose we all get together and get NEW SWITCH CAPS molded? There's
> bound to be somebody somwheres with a metal shop, we could get a mold
> made and send it to an injection molding place. (Just a suggestion,
> mine's in great shape)


of the 4 machines i have worked on 3 needed new caps.
[mine was not, thankfully, one of them]
they are surely the single most common item in need of replacement,
second only to... maybe tapes? [a far more costly commodity]

i don't think people would be willing to pay more than... say $5 US for
a replacement cap. but i do think $5 US would be resonable to most
folks. [perhaps $6 US with a shipping fee included]

at that price i would order a spare just to have one around.

could they be made for less than that?

anyone else have a price point they would find reasonable?

what would you consider an UN-reasonable price?
i think $$10 US would just be too hard to justify.

my two cents, or as much as $6.
...jeff


> Might not be too expensive - then again, it might.
>
> I think I'll start with a little research that goes a little something

> like this... ( a-one, and a-two,...and-a [cue strings] )
>

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