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#293608 - 09/18/10 02:22 PM Re: What was your first keyboard ever.
ianmcnll Senior Member Registered: 07/27/05 Posts: 10606 Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada	Quote: Originally posted by captain Russ: Still have it and a later black-cased one. Changing broken reeds was a bitch! Russ I had a 200 Model...changing reeds was a bitch...so was tuning the darn thing. A lot of fun to play, nonetheless, Russ, and a very expressive instrument, even today. Ian _________________________ Yamaha Tyros4, Yamaha MS-60S Powered Monitors(2), Yamaha CS-01, Yamaha TQ-5, Yamaha PSR-S775.
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#293609 - 09/18/10 02:33 PM Re: What was your first keyboard ever.
Diki Registered: 04/25/05 Posts: 14494 Loc: NW Florida	Completely agree... to be honest, I am MUCH happier with some of my Rhodes sample sets than anything that tries to do a good Wurli... My current fave is the Nord, but even that is a distant second to the real thing. Sure don't miss soldering, though! _________________________ An arranger is just a tool. What matters is what you build with it..!
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#293610 - 09/18/10 05:47 PM Re: What was your first keyboard ever.
Duane O Member Registered: 01/24/10 Posts: 125 Loc: Western Mojave Desert, Califor...	The old Wurlitzer electrics were great to play and hear, but fragile and challenging to repair. I always took a bass guitar to the gigs, cause you never knew if the Wurlie would make it. I'm in the process of restoring a 1956 Model 120, but the reeds are almost $20 each, and getting harder to find. Duane O Sacramento _________________________ Korg PA4x76, Yamaha CP-70 Electric Grand Piano, Zoom L20 mixer/recorder, Turbosound ip500 column speaker system, Zoom B1 FOUR Bass Multi-Effects Processor
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#293611 - 09/18/10 06:23 PM Re: What was your first keyboard ever.
rattley Member Registered: 11/14/99 Posts: 845 Loc: Punta Gorda Florida USA	My first was a Magnus chord organ.
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#293612 - 09/18/10 07:13 PM Re: What was your first keyboard ever.
leeboy Senior Member Registered: 10/09/04 Posts: 2580 Loc: Ocala, FL USA	A Wurlizer spinet organ my Dad bought in 1962. 1 octive of pedals He got 12 free lessons with it...I took 6 and he took 6. The first important music I learned to play was the theme to 'Exodus'. The first instrument I bought myself was a Conn Prelude organ..Circa 1969. I think it was about $700. Lee S. _________________________ Lee S.
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#293613 - 09/18/10 08:36 PM Re: What was your first keyboard ever.
Tony Hughes Senior Member Registered: 01/30/06 Posts: 3944	Quote: Originally posted by leeboy: A Wurlizer spinet organ my Dad bought in 1962. 1 octive of pedals He got 12 free lessons with it...I took 6 and he took 6. The first important music I learned to play was the theme to 'Exodus'. The first instrument I bought myself was a Conn Prelude organ..Circa 1969. I think it was about $700. Lee S. Me too a Lowery Holiday 1st and then the Conn Prelude, when you turned the Lowery on you could hear a radio channel in the background. _________________________ Tyros 4/Pair SR 350/ PC with a i8 intel chip, XENYX 802, Ford Focus 2 litre/Tascam DR07/Brother printer/Designjet 500/ our Doris/5 Grandchildren/ white boxers short Kymart shipped over and Typhoo Tea Earl Grey
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#293614 - 09/19/10 01:42 AM Re: What was your first keyboard ever.
rikkisbears Senior Member Registered: 12/22/02 Posts: 6021 Loc: NSW,Australia	Hi, my first keyboard ever was a Chord Organ, can't remember the brand. Would have been in the mid 60's. best wishes Rikki _________________________ best wishes Rikki 🧸 Korg PA5X 88 note SX900 Band in a Box 2022
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#293615 - 09/19/10 03:18 AM Re: What was your first keyboard ever.
abacus Senior Member Registered: 07/21/05 Posts: 5470 Loc: English Riviera, UK	My first keyboard I actually owed, (Although I had played my parents various organs) was a Wersi Alpha, which I also built myself, and I still have fond memories of it. (As I was an electrical engineer, it was built properly, so reliability was not an issue) Bill _________________________ English Riviera: Live entertainment, Real Ale, Great Scenery, Great Beaches, why would anyone want to live anywhere else (I�m definitely staying put).
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#293616 - 09/19/10 03:58 AM Re: What was your first keyboard ever.
mrdave Member Registered: 11/02/07 Posts: 90 Loc: Rimini, Italy	First instrument I played was my father's EKO Chorale organ when I was around six. Then my father changed many organs until the latest one I still have in my lounge, a Farfisa Pergamon (in Italy, today organ market is completely dead). The first keyboard I owned and bought myself was the Roland G-800, a great instrument. [This message has been edited by mrdave (edited 09-19-2010).]
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#293617 - 09/19/10 04:25 AM Re: What was your first keyboard ever.
Songman55 Member Registered: 06/24/05 Posts: 892 Loc: Baltimore, MD USA	We had a Hammond M2 organ and an old clunker piano at home. The first board I bought was a Farfisa organ. Joe ------------------ Songman55 Joe Ayala _________________________ PSR S950, PSR S900, Roland RD 700, Yamaha C3 6'Grand, Sennheiser E 935 mic, several recording mics including a Neuman U 87, Bose L1 Compact, Roland VS 2480 24 Track Recorder Joe Ayala
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