Mellotronists

<< Now to continue the quest of making #574 mine!   >>

this is "purple box", right? good luck with that, but maybe saying the serial 
number over-and-over will win the day; you'll seem like the perfect home for 
this 'tron, by (etc etc).
meanwhile, maybe martin and john can dig out the birth certificate and lend 
some actual historical cred to your claim as the destined owner of 574. and 
fate does tend to play a part in these things- I got 1098 home by dint of 
being in the right place at the right time; this has all the same hallmarks 
of that experience. did you get it fired up yet?

d/400nr1098, "dumpster or stage? hmmmmmm...."