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Re: [newmellotrongroup] King Crimson's Exiles-piano or Tron?

2008-07-25 by Rick Blechta

On Jul 25, 2008, at 9:21 AM, gino wong wrote:

> Ok a pianet.  I was wondering how they got that massive dynamic  
> power chord that I could get from a Rhodes but not the (Crumar)  
> Roady .

I saw the rig close up in Montreal and they definitely used pianets.  
Both Cross and Fripp had them on the mellotrons. On some of the live  
recordings from this era, you can hear them quite clearly, especially  
in the improv pieces.

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