Seems to me that Streetly went to a lot of effort to get all of the musical features of the MkII w/o any of the (considerable) issues. The MkII looks like a product of it's time, and anything like a remake would be purely cosmetic. And does anybody want the original LH keyboard contents back?
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From: Sean <fourtytwominds@yahoo.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 2, 2011 7:43 pm
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: just throwing this out there too
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, john barrick <barrickjohn262@...> wrote:
>
> Trying to remember what the last MK II that surfaced went for at auction. I
> think it was from a Scottish recording studio, and didn't Brian Kehew end up
> with it? Can't remember if it was $12K or $20K, but that was before it went
> to Streetly(?) for its restoration and then shipping to the states.
>
> The bottom line is these machines are extremely rare, and you'd be better
> off saving for a new M5000 from Streetly (dual manual, 48 different sounds),
> for, under the current exchange rate, less than $20,000. Of course, you may
> win the lottery. Sure, a MK II would be nice, but for less, you get much
> more current (and reliable) technology.
>
> PS - you'll see an Ochestron long before that MK II shows up.
>
Makes me wonder, how many MkIIs are unaccounted for? (I also wonder how Mellotrons made it to California's Central Valley, my bet: 0)
I've got a pipe dream, that someday I'll have the money, and have the guys at Streetly build me a new MkII. The size and looks of those things command respect.
-Sean