[Frameworks] Interesting (?) Question

[Peter Mudie]

That flatbed Moviola would have cost around $8000 in 1980 (an upright one around $1500 - $2500); a set of rewinds (single reel) about $200; a gang-sync around $650 and a tape splicer around $250; a 'baby' Steenbeck (4 plate, 1 x pix/I x snd) around $4-5000; a 6-plate (1 x pix/ 2 x snd) around $12000 – all second hand. Moviolas tended to need a lot more maintenance than the German Steenbecks (which, once you got the belts/gears right after a move would run for decades) - the upright Moviolas were much more durable than the flatbeds. I preferred the Becks over the Moviola, but had an upright one that went forever (but bot my Becks are still running fine)

Hope this helps – I bought a bunch of second hand gear around 1984 after a big money cinematography gig.
Peter

Whatever the cost, ADD SHIPPING.  Of course now they are free, “you pick up.”

From: frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com<mailto:frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com> [mailto:frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf Of andrew lampert
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Hi,

I received the inquiry below from a novelist and wonder if the collective brain trust that is Frameworks might help me provide an answer. Anyone have an idea? If so, I'll pass along your answers/guesses to her. Thanks a lot!

Andrew Lampert
Curator of Collections
Anthology Film Archives


>> Do you have any idea what a new or used Moviola might have cost in 1980 or
>> so?  It's more likely that my character would have bought a second-hand
>> Moviola, maybe one that had been used in the the 1970's.
>>
>> My character is going to resell the Moviola, along with a lot of other
>> nondigital 16 mm equipment (like splicers, a synchronizer, rewinds) in
>> 2005--and get a lot less money for the stuff than he paid for it.  So I have
>> to start with some reasonably accurate original price.
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