The Mellotron Group

What is the current machine count?  I wonder how many are still missing?

Andy K

As of this date, I have:

 

MkI/II - 44

M300 - 8

400 - 171 (including the eBay tron)

MkV - 10

Skellotron - 2

T-550 - 2

4-Track - 2

MkVI - 11

MkVII - 1

M4000 - 6

M5000 - 2

various Chamberlins - 17

Bitrotron - 4

various Orchestons - 3

MkI/II - 44

M300 - 8

400 - 171 (including the eBay tron)

MkV - 10

Skellotron - 2

T-550 - 2

4-Track - 2

MkVI - 11

MkVII - 1

M4000 - 6

M5000 - 2

various Chamberlins - 17

Bitrotron - 4

various Orchestons - 3

Sorry for my ignorance, but how many were built, and does the m400 figure include the EMI machines>

Andy

 

Sorry for my ignorance, but how many were built,

Approximately 1700 (the common # on websites).  M & J, do you have a more accurate figure?

and does the m400 figure include the EMI machines>

Andy

Hi all-

Yeah, he also lists it as an M400S. I thought the
"S" suffix meant it has the SMS motor control, but in
the blurry picture I think I see the top of a CMC-10
card. Weird.

-Bruce D.


--- MAinPsych@aol.com wrote:

> I've asked the seller the standard questions and
> asked for more (and clear)
> pics.. All I've gotten back from him is the serial
> number (936 -- don't have
> that one in the registry).
>
>
>
>
>
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> 48)
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Some grainy 8 mm footage of what actually happened there is thought to
exist - or that's the rumor among certain collectors.



lsf5275@aol.com wrote:

>
> I
>
> Authorities are currently searching under Blechta's cellar floor for a
> number of missing Mellotrons. Reportedly, they were only a few years
> old when they were last seen.
>
> Hmmmm!
>
>
>
> .
>
>

--- Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta.com> wrote:

>
> On Feb 6, 2008, at 6:47 PM, lsf5275@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Authorities are currently searching under
> Blechta's cellar floor for
> > a number of missing Mellotrons. Reportedly, they
> were only a few
> > years old when they were last seen.
> >
> > Hmmmm!
>
> They'll never find them...
>
> Pierre Veilleux had 14 at one time and I know that
> he cannibalized
> some of them. Wonder if he has a record of the
> serial numbers. There
> are a lot of mellotrons still ranging free out there
> in the wild.

Hmmmm...feral Mellotrons. Is it true they eat tape to
survive?




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--- lsf5275@aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 2/6/2008 6:36:25 P.M. Eastern
> Standard Time,
> pocotron@yahoo.com writes:
>
> Hi all-
>
> Yeah, he also lists it as an M400S. I thought the
> "S" suffix meant it has the SMS motor control, but
> in
> the blurry picture I think I see the top of a
> CMC-10
> card. Weird.
>
>
>
> 400SM has the SMS card unless the M400S was
> upgraded.
>
>

I forgot about that suffix. Thanks, Frank.

-Bruce D.



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There is a rumour of an M300 and MKII in Burlington, Ontario. My
youngest brother met a guy in a local pub there who claimed to
have 'em. He didn't get a name and never saw him again!

Dan

Dan--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Rick Blechta <rick@...>
wrote:

>
>
> On Feb 6, 2008, at 6:47 PM, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> > Authorities are currently searching under Blechta's cellar floor

for

> > a number of missing Mellotrons. Reportedly, they were only a few
> > years old when they were last seen.
> >
> > Hmmmm!
>
> They'll never find them...
>
> Pierre Veilleux had 14 at one time and I know that he cannibalized
> some of them. Wonder if he has a record of the serial numbers. There
> are a lot of mellotrons still ranging free out there in the wild.
>