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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: A fixer upper from hell

From: "Tony" <atm655@verizon.net>
Date: 2012-06-15

I paid $1500 for #510 in 1975, used it for decades before it was fully restored.
Cosmetically it wasn’t too bad, I painted it, and despite the CMC-10 it was quite useable.
The restoration by Streetly was very worthwhile, but quite a long wait, and quadruple the reasonable purchase price.
Tony
 
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: A fixer upper from hell
 
 

Yeah - I paid $1500 for my Crumar Orchestrator in 1980. Wow!

On 6/15/2012 5:28 AM, hammonddave2004@yahoo.com wrote:

 

I forgot how much trons cost back then 3000 1975 dollars is equal to about 10000 2012 dollars. Insane.


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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:23:42 +0000
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: A fixer upper from hell
 
 

Hey Frank, need an assistant?

To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
From: tron400@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:07:23 +0000
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: A fixer upper from hell

 
Tom, did you buy yours new? I paid $2900 for #500 around '72, which was sold as new. I found out later at Dallas Arbiter in N.J. that it had been on tour, even though it looked new.
Bernie

--- In mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com, Tom Doncourt mailto:tomdcour@... wrote:
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> Seeing as I paid $3000 nearly forty years ago for mine it doesn't surprise me that someone would try to get at least that much for even a shiity one now. I'm not advocating that prices on trons should skyrocket but the value of other vintage analog instruments certainly have. People are trying to get at least the original prices for Echoplex these days.
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