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> >From: Andy Thompson <andy.thompson@...>
> >Sent: Mar 26, 2007 4:42 AM
> >To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Mike Pinder Mellotron CD-Rom
Question
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> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
> >To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
> >Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 3:48 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Mike Pinder Mellotron CD-Rom
Question
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> >> #886's tapes are marked "BBS" and have cello/3violins/flute,
and are the
> >> original set as well. As near as I have been able to figure,
it was
> >> produced mid-1974.
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> >I've been told that #1145 rolled off the line in Nov.'73, and was
originally
> >sent out with cello/3v/flutes, so your #886 has to be rather
older - early
> >'73? Mind you, that depends on how things worked with Sound
Sales, I
> >suppose. I've never quite understood this - were all M400s
produced in the
> >UK, then some exported and 'improved' (cough, splutter) by SS?
> >
> >Andy T. - #1145
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> Greetings Andy and Gang, I purchased M400 #681 July 1973 from
the UK.
> And Larry "Synergy" Fast acquired his M400 #725 from Rondo
Music,NJ in May 1973.
>
> The oldest M400 I've seen is #104 owned by a chap in Bucks County,
PA.
> Considering that first year of M400 sales was roughly 1970, it's
safe to assume
> their actual mfg. dates commenced in 1969 . Most likely, after
M300 production
> ceased and retooling for M400 began.
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> Cheers, -- Jerry Korb
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>>>These numbers and mfg. dates are starting to resemble a hornets
nest. So if Andy's 886 is early '73 and Jerry's 681 is mid '73 well
I don't want to guess on 703. Good question for Martin, maybe they
built and warehoused these and as orders came in they picked a unit
at random? Mine has Streetly Mfg sticker on back panel and round 3
prong British Standard power cord. Did the SS versions also come
wired with same plug and markings? The tapes in my former 459 were
marked BBS and were choir/violins/flute and 703s' were not marked at
all and had cello instead. Also the BBS set was on a grayish tape
and the other on brown. From any articles I've read on SS I was
under the assumption that the 400's were all manufactured in England
and SS acted as an agent here in US?? Maybe other original owners
could help to clarify?.... Doug