#500 is an M400S. It came with a CMC-10 and later changed by Sound Sales (I still have the paperwork from them). It started out as #497, but had an operation and became #500. ![\":-/\"](\"https://ec.yimg.com/ec?url=http%3A%2F%2Fus.i1.yimg.com%2Fus.yimg.com%2Fi%2Fmesg%2Ftsmileys2%2F06.gif&t=1572478666&sig=uBSM0DXqmrvBYqAe5N0uCA--~E\")
I thought I bought it new, but later found out from Dallas Arbiter in NJ that it had previously been on tour with someone. I always assumed it was built arount 1973, but who knows?
Bernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mark Pring <markpringnz@...> wrote:
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> I am trying to work out when #1565 was built. On the old Steetly site it says 2000 M400 mellotrons were built from 1970-77. Models built after 73/4 were 400 SM and had the SMS2 motor control system.
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> #1565 is a 400S and has a CM10.
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> Was there ever a plain 400?
> Where does the S fit in?
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> I would have thought that #1565 was towards the end of production run. Did they produce a lot fewer of the 400SM, say 3-400 and would that then make #1565 one of the last mellotrons with a CM 10 and a likely manufacture date of 1973?
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> Anybody know?
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> Mark
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