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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: So what white?

2009-10-20 by tony1

Tony patiently awaiting a black M5000.
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Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: So what white?

While waiting for Martin's reply, I'm going to guess... I think that it was because white was cheap and easy to get. Also, white was easy to match.
Frank
Proud owner of a creamy, satiny, whitish M4000 that may be more of an eggshell or bone.
In a message dated 10/20/2009 1:09:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pocotron@yahoo.com writes:
A very good point, Frank.
This discussion thread gets me to wondering: Why did Streetly finish the original 400s in white in the first place? Was it simply to make them stand out from the other instruments on a stage? Any thoughts, Martin?
-Bruce D.

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