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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: There are three Trons for sale on eBay. 4 if you...

From: MAinPsych@aol.com
Date: 2010-06-24

Of course!  I should have realized that it's so easy to find a Mellotron (or other instrument) merely by knowing what state or country it's in...or its history.
 
In a message dated 6/23/2010 11:20:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, wonggster@gmail.com writes:
 While some tron owners are an open book regarding their trons, a good number of others guard any details like state secrets or like they were housed in Area 51!  Hey, you in the latter category -- get over yourselves!

I don't know if you are aware of this but theft is a signifigant problem amoung people who people who play music, transport instruments, repair , store and generally own them. There is even a market for instruments would be immediatey identifiable. Unlike famous art, known instruments are quietly traded and ransomed back and sometimes fought over.

I know many people that have to make sure their homes are extra secure or they would be robbed.  I have lost a modular Moog and a Les Paul to thieves and I have had to do some cloak and dagger shit to recover gear for people I have worked for.

Insurance is hard to get , hard to claim and really expensive.

It isn't getting over yourself, it is being practical;