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Mellotron

The Mellotron is an early [sampling] instrument invented in Birmingham, England in 1963.

It evolved from the Chamberlin and improved that design to facilitate mass production.

It consists of a polyphonic tape-replay keyboard, which uses motorized tape rollers that pinch the tape and runs it across a playhead when a key is pressed.

Mellotron

In music

The Mellotron was featured on the intro of Strawberry Fields Forever (The Beatles)

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