a similar technique was used for "being for the benefit of mr. kite" on 20 february 1967. to try to create the atmosphere of a circus, martin first proposed the use of a calliope (a steam-driven organ). such was the power of the beatles within emi that phone calls were made to see if a calliope could be hired and brought into the studio. however, only automatic calliopes, controlled by punched cards, were available, so other techniques had to be used. martin came up with taking taped samples from several steam organ pieces, cutting them into short lengths, "throwing them in the air" and splicing them together. it took two trials; in the first attempt, the pieces coincidentally came back in more or less original order.