Mellotronists

dko4342@... wrote:

> Hi!
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> Getting an M400 has been such an exciting thing for me. One thing I always 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:
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> 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 believing that it is rather 70-71'ish.
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>  A rough extrapolation on Streetlys production speed of those time then gives a rough estimate that on average 1.5 machines were built per day. This indicates that #160 must have been built very early 1971 or maybe late-1970. (And probably Streetly didn't even start on max production capacity).
> Does this sound reasonable? (...or maybe I should spend my time on more productive things).      Too bad the records were lost.      Frank Carvalho   ,   #160
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Greetings Frank and Fellow Mellotronists,

M400's were first produced sometime in 1970. The earliest ones
used "hand-me-down" leftover items from the M300 series.
That is, brass capstans (shortened), CMC-4 (better than CMC-10),
a front headphone jack, etc.   I personally saw #123 in Pierre's
Montreal flat some years ago,before it was sold to Jim Finnegan of
the VA-tidewater area. That unit had the items mentioned above.

And last year,a person contacted me from PA ,as the owner
of M400 S/N 104  .  Your supposition about #160 might be correct.
Mine is #681 , built in springtime 1973,delivered early summer.

Cheers, Jerry K.