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Re: A fixer upper from hell

2012-06-13 by tron400

I'm guessing about $2500 in repairs on top of the $2500 minimum price, so a total of about $5000. Is that reasonable?

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> No Frank can't. Frank is exhausted from  trying to get ready for NEARfest 
> and once it's done, Frank is taking the rest of  the summer to spend with his 
> wife, sister and his nieces. Oh, and trying to earn  some money. Then Frank 
> has a waiting list starting in the fall.
>  
> Besides, it's too much money, although I  have no doubt that someone will 
> buy it for way too much money. Thanks for the  endorsement, though.
>  
> Frank
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> In a message dated 6/13/2012 6:13:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> jandjstrz@... writes:
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> No problem, Frank can handle it.
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> --- On Wed,  6/13/12, Mark Pring <markpringnz@...> wrote:
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> From:  Mark Pring <markpringnz@...>
> Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] A fixer upper from hell
> To:  "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com"  
> <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 13,  2012, 5:21 PM
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> Inside doesn't look too bad, better than mine, but the  cabinet looks 
> wrecked, worse than mine.
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> Mark
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> ____________________________________
>  From: Bruce Daily  <pocotron@...>
> To:  "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com"  
> <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
> Sent: Thursday, 14 June 2012 7:53  AM
> Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] A fixer upper from hell
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> At least it has an SMS motor controller.  Quite a low  serial number.  
> Maybe it has a brass capstan.
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> It's certainly rough.
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>   -Bruce D.
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> From: tron400  <tron400@...>
> To:  newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012  10:29 AM
> Subject:  [newmellotrongroup] A fixer upper from hell
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> Looks like it needs lots of  fixing:
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> http://www.ebay.com/itm/mellotron-400s-/200775277300?pt=Keyboards_MIDI&hash=
> item2ebf239af4
> 
> Bernie
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