The Mellotron Group

Making the M4000D is less costly in every regard than a real tron. Chips  
are cheap. The profit margins have to be far better with the digital machine 
and  you can assemble a couple in a few hours. Take it from me. I've built a 
number  of Mellotrons from the frame up, but I don't build cabinets (yet) 
and I don't  have to machine the parts. I think the labor cost on the digital 
machine is very  low. In short, he can crank them out. But if he builds 200 
of them, that's going  to be more than Streetly is ever going to make (in 
my opinion).
 
I think Markus will sell a bunch of them. But eventually the buzz will die  
down, and once all the sounds are out there, there won't be anything to 
sell to  the customer base. He'll bury the Memotron, but Streetly will sell all 
of the  hand crafted, lovingly assembled M4000s they care to make. There 
just won't be  as many of them as there are digital machines.
 
I imagine many tron owners will also have the digital machine, but by  
keeping his price low, he could bury the Memotron.
 
Here is a graph of the Dollar against the Krona. There is no justification  
for a 30% increase in the price of Markus' digital machine. Perhaps the 
price  increase may prove to be a mistake in the long run.
 
_http://www.x-rates.com/d/USD/SEK/graph120.html_ 
(http://www.x-rates.com/d/USD/SEK/graph120.html) 
 
 
In a message dated 1/21/2011 4:17:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gabru@comsec.net writes:

 
 
 
 
Drinks are  all I can afford to bet in this economy…if you throw in the 
dinner and  airfare….with a night’s hotel stay to recover  
that’s a few  grand at least….but win or lose it would be fun….oh that’s 
right Frank I  forgot you quit drinking….I just saved  
at least  $50+….it would have been more but I haven’t quit (yet…in 2 years 
who knows  :)  I’ll leave you with your own words:   
“The buzz I am  hearing is, "... here is a Mellotron that I can afford ." I 
believe that  Markus will sell a bunch of these machines,  
no matter what  he named it. In 6 months he'll probably sell more of them 
than all the real  Mellotrons Streetly could ever make.” 
Frank  (#1) 
January 20,  2011 
Best to you!  J 
Gary 
 
 
 
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com  
[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of  lsf5275@aol.com
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 12:49  PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT- NAMM 2011

 
 
 
 
I will happily  take that bet.
 

 
Frank
 

 
 
In a message  dated 1/21/2011 1:20:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
_gabru@comsec.net_ (mailto:gabru@comsec.net)   writes:

I would   
be willing  to bet Marcus makes more money selling those in the next couple 
of years  than all of the Mellotron and Streetly tape machines  
sold in the  last ten.