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Re: M-4000?

2006-03-03 by charel196

gee- I guess us ordinary folk don't rate knowing anything about your 
new product. How is it the "initial run" is sold out before the 
thing is even seen or features disclosed? I certainly wouldn't buy 
anything without seeing or hearing it.




--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, tronbros@... wrote:
>
>  
>  
> Hello Charles and all,
>  
> 
> Martin-   can you give us an ETA of any pictures/previews of  your 
> latest brainstorm  the M4000? How about a charcoal sketch?  :)
> 
> 
> We have a very deliberate policy here.  The initial M4000 
production  (which 
> is significant for a first run) is sold and once those machines 
have gone  out 
> to their new owners, we will let them do the talking.  Writing 
blurb  and 
> offering less than complete images will not serve us well.  The  
customers know 
> what they are getting but not all the features!  The suprise  
element therefore 
> has to be maintained until this run is complete.  And of  course, 
bringing a 
> new product to the market place is always fraught with  unforseen 
situations 
> so we're a little late but better to be right than  rushed!  Apart 
from the 
> keys, cabinets and motors, we do everything  ourselves from making 
the press 
> tools, jigs and fixtures to pressing the  parts, milling the 
metal, turning the 
> flywheels etc. etc.  It's a true  cottage industry and not an 
assembly shop.  
> The pressure is intense but the  wait will be worth it.
>  
> Best,
>  
> Martin
> 
>  
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