Originally posted by captain Russ:
Ian, still have two "old Whirly's"-a black case and an old brown case. Great sound. I've seen them more frequently lately. Belonged to my old partner. Got them from his wife after he passed away. Lot's of maintenance (reeds) as I remember.
Russ
Yep, Russ, it was the fiddly way you had to tune them with solder and a file...and the reeds had to come out...and you had to solder, file, put the reed back, plug the piano back in, then repeat as necessary...arrrgghh!
But, I felt the Wurly was better for playing rhythm than the Rhodes which was usually too sweet even when spanked, although it did work in some tunes.
The Clavinet D-6 was king for playing rhythm...played one but never owned one...had a great DX-7 patch that did the job.
Vintage gear is so cool, but I'm just too lazy to do the maintenance.
Ian
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