"Tears" mellotron "voices"

[amylovesrush]

I listened to "Tears" for the first time in many years and it was almost like hearing it anew but with all the sentimentality that 30 years accumulates.

 

And I noticed the mellotron in much more detail than I had. Indeed, the chorus uses the strings voice, and verse 1 uses the flute voice, but at 2:08 a different solo voice comes in. This voice doesn't have the vibrato that the others have but I'll be damned if I can identify it!

 

For your listening pleasure and fun, go to:

 

http://www.mellotron.com/soundframe.htm

 

where you can listen to the invididual voices.

 

The closest Mellotron match I can find is French Horn. What do you think? This is a 30-year-old argument along the lines of "it's dogs barking" "no it's bowling balls and pins" at the beginning of Dreamline.....

 

Help!