The Mellotron Group

Hi Mark - I can't answer your question, but, #1407 is a 400SM and by the 
time I purchased it, it had already been outfitted with an SMS4 motor 
controller card.  I have no clue as to what was originally there - I 
assume an SMS2 or SMS3.
johnb


Mark Pring wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> #1565 is a 400S and has a CM10.
>
> Was there ever a plain 400?
> Where does the S fit in?
>
> 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?
>
> Anybody know?
>
> Mark
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