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Simple: The guitar is an iconic item. The Mellotron is not.
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Doncourt
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:18 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] My $400 offer was turned down!!
Okay- I know I’ll get into trouble on this but........ Please explain tome ( as if to an idiot) why the value of an instrument that is 35+ years and one of only 1000 or so in the world shouldn’t double or triple oreven be ten times the original asking price? I’ve watched the price offender and gibson guitars that my friends bought with paper route money go outthe roof so why not mellotrons? I’m not saying I want this to be the case, I’m just wondering why it isn’t so. $5800 IS a lot of moneyconsidering that the machine will need a couple of thousand to bring it up tooptimum playing order but it didn’t look that bad. TD
In amessage dated 10/23/2008 5:07:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pocotron@yahoo.comwrites:
Nope, not even $1800 (if that). Brass capstan (hope it's straight), hums, and it almost looks like someone sat on the keyboard. Warpedcheek blocks, maybe moisture damage. They didn't say if it works. No evidence of a cover on the spillbox, either. What are thevoices?
Not worth the road trip.
your critical thinker :-/
-Bruce D.
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