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May 23, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re; The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York ("MONY")
Keynote Series Account
Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to Registration
Statement on Form N-4 Securities Act File No. 33-19836 and
Investment Company Act File No. 811-5457
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Keynote Series Account hereby certifies that:
1. the form of prospectus and statement of additional information that would
have been filed pursuant to rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act would not have
differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to its
Registration Statement on Form N-3; and
2. the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to Registration Statement on
Form N-3 was filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 29, 1997.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Catherine A. Mohr
Catherine A. Mohr
Vice President
