Mike Pinder
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Michael Thomas Pinder was an English rock musician. He was a founding member and the original keyboard player of the rock group the Moody Blues. In 1978, he left the group following the recording of O
Pinder in 1970
Pinder and Ray Thomas rehearsing (1969)
The Moody Blues arrive at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands, in 1970
Pinder in 1974
Mellotron
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The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which causes a length of magnetic tape to contact a caps
Mike Pinder
…recording of Octave, their ninth album. Pinder was renowned for his technological contributions, most notably in the emergence and development of the Mellotron in 1960s rock music. In 2018, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues. Pinder was born in Erdington, Birmingham…
A Mellotron Mk VI
The Mellotron M400 has a removable tape frame that can be replaced with another containing different sounds
A Mellotron M400 tape frame as removed from the instrument
The simplified control panel of the M400