Mellotronists

In a message dated 9/7/2006 7:44:22 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
Str03@... writes:

 
 
 
So, I was wondering if you 'Tron erudite know  what Pinder is trying to do 
4:03 minutes into this song...
 
The video clearly shows him starting to play a  nice 'tron riff, then after a 
bit of strings...nothing happens - and he  reaches for the controls on the 
left side of the console and makes some  adjustment ...and then finishes the 
song nicely.
 
On this model...(MKII?On this model...(MKII?<WBR>) I thought all the  stuff 
on the left was that rhythm and fill stuff...not lead instrument channel  
selectors ....or did he have to






It's called A MISTAKE.  Mike starts to go into the ending MkII  riff 
prematurely on the RH keyboard and goes back to playing a lower  register drone note 
on the LH keyboard as you can see him doing earlier in  the song.  Yes, stock 
MkII's had rhythms and fills on the LH side;   Mike always had lead sounds on 
both keyboards.  The MkII with the cloth  covered back panel he is playing is 
likely the one, I believe, that Jerry Korb  is currently refurbishing.  (Jerry, 
can you confirm?)  I own the other  known Pinderton, #134, and the third 
known one he had (with horizontal slots on  the rear panel, in contrast to the 
vertical slots on mine), I think, was  destroyed in the Indigo Ranch fire along 
with a MkV.  Anyone know  otherwise?
 
Frank 1