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I've been having piano lessons for the last few years, originally with the idea of helping me to play the mellotron and more recently just for the fun of it. Whilst waiting for the happy day that #1565 is playable I've been practicing with M-tron and I am not sure that classical piano lessons are a good preparation for mellotron playing. If my teacher could see some of the hand positions I get forced into I don't think she would be impressed.

I've read somewhere that often the best mellotron players are not always the best keyboard players. I don't think Mike Pinder or Woolly are the most gifted keyboard players I have heard but they are great tron players. Rick Wakeman and Dave Greenslade I think are better pianists but I can't really speak about their tron playing.

Any thoughts?

Mark