In a message dated 6/1/2006 9:04:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, don@... writes:
In today's keyboard market, the word "vintage" apparently means "not a
computer in a plastic box".
No, in Mellotron terminology, "vintage" means that wine has been spilled inside of it. So as can bee seen, we can conceivably have a 2002 Mark VI, vintage 2004, the vintage denoting what year the wine was introduced into the Mellotron. We can further detail the information by adding whether the spilled wine was from a corked bottle, or one with a screw cap. One final detail is to discern whether or not the "vintagization" of the Mellotron was by spilled wine or by a proper vomit christening while leaning in to change tape frames.
I hope this properly "clarifies" this for one and all.
me