Beatles BIRTHDAY ending

Does anyone have any idea what that instrument is at the end of The Beatles' Birthday song (as the song fades out)?  Is it some sort of electric piano, or a Jedi Light Sabre, or what?  Do you know how they managed to achieve that effect?  And if so, got any ideas on how I could emulate that today?
many thanks-
John Volanski
San Diego, CA

It does not sound like a Leslie to me. A Leslie has a smoother rotating type of effect. Seeing as the whole track sounds like there are only guitars present it could be some sort of feedback guitar note maybe running through some sort of effect. The sound seems to change abruptly in tone etc.  Could be a feedback sound running through a wah pedal or something like that not sure though. Guitars can make some pretty weird sounds you know.

When you watch Paul McCartney live doing that tune they don't seem to do it all, but rather left it out. But there are keys playing in the live Paul gig.

Interesting info from JayJayVee below. At first I did not hear the piano that well, it is back in the mix a bit and heavily effected. At the end they must have just played a piano note and effected it heavily through a guitar amp as beatlesbible.con suggests. Sounds like it for sure.

JayJayVee

 Does anyone have any idea what that instrument is at the end of The Beatles' Birthday song (as the song fades out)?

I have always assumed that it was a piano through a wah-wah pedal.  It is not significantly different from the sound used in the instrumental part at 1:12.

On thinking about it, I bet we are getting two sounds mixed up and that this sound idea at the end has been lost in the anals of time.

I bet you that, that sound at the end is a jews harp recorded through a guitar pick up with someone switching the pickup at the same time.  I know it sounds crazy but if def sounds like that to me.

Peace Ben 

Jeff Evans

At 1.30  you can sort of hear what that effected piano sounds like. It is more exposed there doing the question and answer thing.

Yes, 1:30 not 1:12 as I stated.  I forgot that my display (in iTunes) shows time remaining.

I think the coolest thing about this period in time is how they would experiment with unique sounds using what ever tools happen to be available in the room.  

I was recently reading some previews from Kenneth Scott's new book where he mentioned that McCartney would often go to the mic locker and pull out a mic and say, "Let's try this one, I like the way it looks."  He said that it was continuous and constant experimentation with the Beatles.

Kev999

BenMMusTech

I find it funny that they have listed Ringo playing drums on this track, I am pretty sure it was Paul playing drums, I might be wrong and I know it's suppose to be The Beatles bible but I know Mc's drum style and I am pretty sure that this was recorded in the week that Ringo quit the band.  I wish I still had my Mark Lewison book.

According to Lewisohn, Paul arrived early to the studio one day (Wednesday 18 September 1968), wrote this song and recorded the backing track himself before the other Beatles arrived.  The others joined him later to complete it but it is not clear who played what.  But I also remember reading somewhere than John played bass on this song.

Ringo rejoined the band on 3 September, having been absent for "Back In The USSR" and "Dear Prudence".

Yea thats my understanding of this track, if your wording is correct then Paul def played drums on this track.  As I say you can tell Pauls drumming from Ringo's, those snare rolls def sound like Mc's.  Also I remember that fact about Lennon, it was a lot of The Twotles on The White Album.
 
As I say as the passage of time continues history becomes a little muddled.
 
Peace Ben

According to David Quantock in his book "Revolution, The Making of the Beatles White Album", credits for Birthdays are as follows:

Paul McCartney: lead vocals, piano
John Lennon: lead vocals, lead guitar, backing vocals
George Harrison: bass
Ringo Starr: drums
Yoko Ono: backing vocals
Patti Harrison: backing vocals

This website mostly agrees:
http://www.thebeatlesonli...s/beatles_birthday.htm

Neither of these authors have stated the source of their info though.

I have the Complete Betales by Lewishom as well and he doesn't really say who played what. He does mention Mal Evans helped out with the handclaps though.