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Any chance it's a Stylophone? I have Beat Club footage of the Yes Album line-up playing "Yours is No Disgrace". Jon Anderson is playing a tiny bass pedal-like-reedy synth. 1971, no Taurus pedals at that time, as far as I know.
>From: Gene Stopp >To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com >Subject: RE: [Mellotronists] Yessongs DVD >Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:16:02 -0700 > >But - did Taurus pedals exist at the time the Yessongs tour was filmed? I >think they came later... (better go dig up the DVD!) > >Also, does anybody have the physical details of what appear to be Mellotron >stands? A casual guess about their purpose would be to elevate the trons a >bit for easier playing... > >And more generally, here's a question that's probably come up before, but >here goes - why 35? Why not 37? What was Harry thinking? > > >- Gene > >-----Original Message----- >From: tony [mailto:amoffet1@...] >Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 12:00 PM >To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com; Pishock, Jimmy >Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Yessongs DVD > > >He's been known to play Moog Taurus pedals with his hands. > >Tony >----- Original Message ----- >From: Pishock, Jimmy >To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 10:57 AM >Subject: [Mellotronists] Yessongs DVD > > >I managed to pick up "Yessongs" on DVD this weekend and noticed that, during >the ending of "Starship Trooper" I see Jon Anderson next to the drum set >playing some sore of weird "keyboard". Does anyone know what that is? I >don't know if it is some sort of bass pedal or what. > > >Jimmy Pishock > >