Mellotronists

Speaking COMPLETELY off the top of my head, I would tend to imagine that the 
combinations were put together to reproduce specific songs that were popular 
at the time, much like a lot of synth programs are built today.  You 
couldn't buy an analog polysynth in the early 80's that didn't have a 
"Separate Ways" or "Jump" soundalike patch.




> Does anyone know why the stations were configured the way they were?
> For instance, MkI RH keyboard, Station 4 has Trombone/Tenor Sax/Trumpet
> but on the MkII, Tenor Sax appears with Brass and 3 Violins, while
> Trombone was dropped altogether. Were the instruments just randomly
> combined or was there a method to the madness?
>