The Mellotron Group

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