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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: just throwing this out there too

From: David Jacques <djacques@csulb.edu>
Date: 2011-01-03

Indeed.... There is no way it would make financial sense to duplicate a Mark II. I would probably buy a vintage Mark II... but only as a collectors item as part of my own keyboard collection. I use samples for live performance. 

I am still kicking myself for not bidding on the last Mark II up for auction. I would have paid a lot more than it went for.



On Jan 3, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Gary Brumm wrote:


Why not just 2 400s or 4000s or MKIVs in a L config for better playability….not to mention portability. 

Anyone with the money can get a sampler and anyone with the money can get a 4000 or 5000.  The overwhelming

majority opt for the sampler even if they have the budget for the tape machine.  If the mechanical limitations hadn’t forced the side

by side configuration I am sure they would have stacked the keyboards.  I doubt the market would be much of anything for

a side by side Mellotron today….especially at $10K-$15K. 

 

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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: just throwing this out there too

 

 

Well, Mark I and II Mellotrons were that way, and it would be a lot simpler to duplicate that layout in a real 2 manual Mellotron than to build them over-under. Plus, in the M5000 if Streetly get around to duplicating that big fat-ass bench then we'll really be in business. Looks like a Mark II for that retro feeling. Plays as well or better than a Mark II. Has 10 times the reliability of a Mark II. What's not to like... as long as you have the bucks to afford one. Anyone can get a sampler... anyone. Not everyone can have an M4000 or M5000.

 

I can configure the samples in my Triton ProX to duplicate a Mark II. Haven't yet, but I intend to right after I finish doing everything else on earth I can think of... (and no, I am not intending to expand stuff I can/need/want to do to outer space). I wish I could have a M5000, but I feel fortunate to have the 4000. In this economy, I don't think I could take delivery on one if I had to do so today.

 

In a message dated 1/3/2011 1:18:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, gabru@comsec.net writes:

Obviously the original ~had~ to be built that way (mechanical logistics) but why you would want to connect 2 manuals

side by side in ~modern~ times is beyond me…..