The Mellotron Group

It appears that I have acquired the actual Mellotron that was used on the  
1974 recording session in which Freddy Fender re-recorded Wasted Days and 
Wasted  Nights, which went on to be a big hit. It was owned and played by a 
man named  Leo O'neil, who was actually a horn player. I tracked Leo down and 
he gave me  some history. He says he also played it live quite a bit and 
told me the one  night Patrick Moraz was in the audience at one of Leo's gigs. 
It was after a  Moody Blues show and Patrick came out and caught his show. 
Afterward, Leo says  that Patrick came up to him and complimented him on his 
playing style and  on the sound he was getting out of it.
 
Leo attributes his skill on the Mellotron to the fact that as a horn player 
 he was used to playing fewer notes and to holding them for brief periods.  
He said his playing style was, "to use only one or two fingers down low and 
the  one finger an octave or more above, and to move around on the keyboard 
so as not  to run the tape out."
 
So there you have it.
 
I only have to trace one more link and I'll know for sure that this is that 
 machine.
 
It's a real mess, but it will get better.