Mellotronists

Hello all,

A quick question for those on this list who know the Moodies' 
song "Sun Is Still Shining" from their "To Our Children's Children's 
Children" album...

I've just been listening to the aforementioned track again this 
evening, and I'm still trying to work something out which has been 
puzzling me for ages - 

Does anyone know what that 'tron (or Chamberlin?) sound is that plays 
the main riff at the start and between verses - it sounds a little 
bit like the cello tape (but more 'raspy'), but as the album is from 
1969 and, as far as I know, the cellos didn't appear until a year 
later with the release of the M400, that knocks that idea on the 
head. I suppose it could also be a case of Mike Pinder playing one of 
the other sounds at half speed (violins maybe), but I'd be interested 
to see if anyone else knows what that sound is.

Tony Swettenham

M400S #581