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I owned an Vako Orchestron for about a year. As I recall, it was
about one fifth the price of a Mellotron, which was what I really
wanted but knew I'd never be able to afford. So I saved up and
bought the Orchestron instead. I discovered by accident that you
could put at least two discs into the thing at once, thereby
combining, say, strings and choir, though the resulting fidelity was
even worse. Being quite simple ina construction, it was very
reliable, and I ended up selling it at a reasonable price. Of
course, I now wish that I had hung onto it, though unlike tapes, the
optical discs would be very hard to duplicate nowadays.

-Jamie Robertson