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.
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>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
>
>
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