On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Tony wrote:
> I've never had a conformation on the build date, but was told by the seller (in 75) that it was 1972. Anyone close to my serial number concur?
> Tony
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tony Swettenham
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:40 PM
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: eBay M400
>
>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Bernie" <kornowicz@...> wrote:
> >
> > The seller says it's serial #583 and he purchased it new in 1976. If
> > that's true, it must have been sitting around in a music shop for 3
> > or 4 years before he bought it. I bought #500 "new" around 1973,
> > only to find out from Dallas Arbiter in NJ that it had previously
> > been on tour.
> >
> > Bernie
> >
>
> That struck me as a bit odd as well. Mine is #581 and that's estimated
> as dating back to about early 1972.
>
> Tony S
if i recall, martin told me that my m400 serial number 364 was
from around 1971 - just an estimate though.
...jeff