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==List of models== * '''Mk I''' (1963) β double manual (35 notes on each). Very similar to the [[Chamberlin]] Music Master 600. About 10 were made.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=232}} * '''Mk II''' (1964) β double manual. 35 sounds on each manual. Organ-style cabinet, two 12-inch internal speakers and amp. Weight 160 kg.<ref name="clavia" /> About 160 were made.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=232}} * '''FX console''' (1965) β double manual with sound effects. Designed to be quieter and more stable than the Mk II, with a different DC motor and a solid-state power amplifier.<ref name="reid" /> * '''M300''' (1968) β 52-note single manual with 35 note melody section and smaller left-hand accompaniment section, some with pitch wheel-control, and some without. About 60 were made in two versions.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=232}} * '''M400''' (1970) β 35-note single manual. The most common and portable model. About 1,800 units were made. It has three different sounds per frame.<ref name="clavia" /> * '''EMI M400''' (1970) β a special version of the M400 manufactured by EMI music company in Britain under licence from Mellotronics. 100 of this model were made.<ref name="reid">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Aug02/articles/mellotron.asp |title=Rebirth of the Cool : The Mellotron Mk VI |first=Gordon |last=Reid |magazine=[[Sound on Sound]] |date=August 2002 |access-date=31 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927112746/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Aug02/articles/mellotron.asp |archive-date=27 September 2013 }}</ref> * '''Mark V''' (1975) β double-manual Mellotron, with the internals of two M400s plus additional tone and control features.<ref name="reid" /> Around nine were made.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=232}} * '''Novatron Mark V''' (1977) β the same as the Mellotron Mark V, but under a different name.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=232}} * '''Novatron 400''' (1978) β as above; a Mellotron M400 with a different name-plate.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=232}} * '''T550''' (1981) β a flight-cased version of Novatron 400.<ref name="reid" /> * '''4 Track''' (1980) β very rare model; only about five were ever made.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=232}} * '''Mark VI''' (1999) β an improved version of the M400. The first Mellotron to be produced since Streetly Electronics went out of business in 1986.<ref name="reid" /> * '''Mark VII''' β basically an upgraded Mark V. Like the Mark VI, produced in the new factory in Stockholm.<ref name="mellotron.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mellotron.com|title=Mellotron Mark VI, Mark VII, M4000D|publisher=Mellotron (official site)|access-date=25 February 2014}}</ref> * '''Skellotron''' (2005) β an M400 in a transparent glass case. Only one was made.<ref name="reid2007" /> * '''M4000''' (2007) β one manual, 24 sounds. An improved version of the Mk II with cycling mechanism. Made by Streetly Electronics.<ref name="reid2007">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct07/articles/mellotronm4000.htm|title=Streetly Mellotron M4000|magazine=[[Sound on Sound]]|first=Gordon|last=Reid|date=October 2007|access-date=2 September 2013}}</ref> ===Related products=== * M4000D (2010) β a single-manual [[Digital data|digital]] product that does not feature tapes. Made at the Mellotron factory in Stockholm.<ref name="mellotron.com" /> * [[Electro-Harmonix]] MEL9 Tape Replay Machine (2016) β simulator pedal
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