Mellotronists

In a message dated 1/21/2003 2:26:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, robertsonics@... writes:

> As the apparent "sucker" that paid $2900 (no postage - it's > a pickup)for the M400 on eBay, I thought I should make some > attempt at defending my action, if only to make myself feel > better. I'm assuming that most of you here already own a 
> Mellotron, and therefore may not be aware of just how 
> difficult it is to find one, let alone a deal.  I'm sure 
> that if I had more patience, I could have located the 
> perfect situation - the odd forgotten keyboard in the
> basement, the unsuspecting seller...  But I'm not getting any
> younger, and it's been a long-standing desire to find and 
> restore one of these instruments from my childhood that was > so influencial to me. I was rather shocked at how high it 
> went myself, but there was either a shill, or someone who 
> wanted it as badly as myself, and by that point it was 
> either another bid, or keep waiting, and looking, and 
> waiting...  Look on the bright side - I maybe just increased 
> the value of everyone else's.  In any event, now that I in 
> fact own one, I'll no doubt be looking for advice and help 
> with parts and restoration work, so I hope you will all 
> forgive my exuberence and welcome me into the club.
> Sincerely, Jamie Robertson M400 #380 (I think)
> www.robertsonics.com

Congratulations, Jamie.

I, too, waited many years before finally owning a 400 (see the intro to "The Mellotron Book" for more details).  #908 asked me for a big brother, so now I'm looking for a MkII.

What you paid is actually in the lower end range for 400's that have sold on eBay.

No shill here.  I had received a request from another troniac requesting leads on available units and turned him on to the latest eBay tron (he was the 2nd highest bidder).  

Frank Samagaio
San Diego CA
M400 #908
author, The Mellotron Book