In a message dated 10/24/2008 12:03:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tomdcour@amnh.org writes:
Both responses are reasonable- it is hard for me to be utilitarian when it comes to thinking about the tron.
The Mellotron currently on eBay will never sell for the asking price. I will be selling one soon that is quite nice. It has a very good motor, an SMS-5 with half speed switch and is properly fixed up. It will be far less expensive than the one currently listed.