In a message dated 12/12/2007 3:38:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mellotronist@cox.net writes:
That's exactly why people are paying $5100 for them these days. There
aren't any M400s at "fair" prices any more...
Sure there are. I'll sell you one for way less than that. Way, way less. And it is a good machine. It nedds no parts and it plays well.
The guy that bought #1562 from me stole it for $5,500.00. Compared to the one that just sold on eBay, it should have gone for $6,500.00. But it didn't. However, I got a fair price for it and it got the best home it could possibly have. It is in a very active recording studio in New York and it will be recorded by major (and lesser known) bands. The two most important considerations for me were that its new owner would take good care of it and that it would be played. It may never see another live audience, but it will be recorded and heard. That is all I could ask for.
Frank