Though initially conceived as 'The Chamberlin' by American Harry Chamberlin, there's something entirely British about the Mellotron. Indeed, the first instrument to carry the name was British born, a ...

We've never had an original Mellotron at the Tiny Desk until now. Much like a Hammond organ, it's big, heavy and fragile. When they fired it up, with all its mechanical gears turning tape loops and ...

For Winston Eggleston, his obsession with the Mellotron — the keyboard-based sampling instrument — began with the Beatles. "As a kid, I was obsessed with the song 'Strawberry Fields.' I knew every ...