Mellotronists

I have been listening to THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS by Jan Hammer which is 
due out as a remastered CD shortly...just wanted to state that I think 
this is a fantastic piece of work and the Mark V Jan uses sounds 
amazing.He also used a Freeman String Symphoniser...what a rarity.I 
had read long ago that he ran the tron and the Freeman thru a Moog 
String Filter to get a more wooden acoustic quality.Jan's use of 
female voices is really nice as well.They don't sound like the stock 
female tape.
 Made me wonder just who had Mark Vs...there weren't that many 
made.There was Jan,T.Dream,Moraz,McCartney,Pinder,Klaus Schulze I 
believe had one,Neil Diamond's band,who else?Anyone?
  Anyone in this group have or ever owned a Freeman?It had a nice 
smooth tone compared to all the other string synths...wondered about 
reliability stories or comments.                      Charles