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dko4342@... wrote:
Hi!_________________________________________________________________Getting an M400 has been such an exciting thing for me. One thing Ialways do when I get an old instrument is to research a bit on it's history.In the case of #160 I'm curious about the approximate production date.Here's what I have deduced so far:
Martin told me that the serial numbers for the M400 started at #100,so my machine would be number 60 made. That is a true vintage machine.How cool! Martin also said that it might be from 71-72, but I start believingthat it is rather 70-71'ish.
A rough extrapolation on Streetlys production speed of those timethen gives a rough estimate that on average 1.5 machines were built perday. This indicates that #160 must have been built very early 1971 or maybelate-1970. (And probably Streetly didn't even start on max production capacity).
Does this sound reasonable? (...or maybe I should spend my time onmore productive things). Too bad the recordswere lost. Frank Carvalho , #160
Greetings Frank and Fellow Mellotronists,
M400's were first produced sometime in 1970.The earliest ones
used "hand-me-down" leftover items from theM300 series.
That is, brass capstans (shortened), CMC-4(better than CMC-10),
a front headphone jack, etc. Ipersonally saw #123 in Pierre's
Montreal flat some years ago,before it wassold to Jim Finnegan of
the VA-tidewater area. That unit had the itemsmentioned above.And last year,a person contacted me from PA,as the owner
of M400 S/N 104 . Your suppositionabout #160 might be correct.
Mine is #681 , built in springtime 1973,deliveredearly summer.Cheers, Jerry K.