A fact from Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 July 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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I'm pretty sure based on the fact that you can clearly hear the keys being pressed down by Rod's fingers and popping back up that he used a pump organ (a/k/a reed organ or harmonium) on this track, rather than a Mellotron. It sounds like they recorded it with a microphone positioned near the keyboard, where the sound is often the loudest due to the open construction in that area. I don't think anyone would ever use a microphone on a Mellotron, since it has electronic outputs and is not an acoustic instrument. I tried to find confirmation of this in a RS but only found forum posts, although most of them assumed it was indeed a pump organ. Please keep an eye out for something in a proper source to confirm my OR. Thanks! --But|seriously|folks16:51, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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