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#383287 - 01/31/14 06:55 PM Re: Rhodes Early Version 2 Question [Re: hammer]
ianmcnll Senior Member Registered: 07/27/05 Posts: 10606 Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada	The one Herbie is playing is definitely post CBS as it has a flat top, although that may have been retrofitted to an earlier model. Looks like it might be Rhodes Mark II or III (1979-1982) How many keys, Deane...73 or 88? Here's another site with more info... http://www.fenderrhodes.com/models/ Ian _________________________ Yamaha Tyros4, Yamaha MS-60S Powered Monitors(2), Yamaha CS-01, Yamaha TQ-5, Yamaha PSR-S775.
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#383291 - 01/31/14 07:23 PM Re: Rhodes Early Version 2 Question [Re: hammer]
hammer Senior Member Registered: 01/27/08 Posts: 2397 Loc: Texas	Ian, I didn't look that close. I'll find out tomorrow. The owner also has several other keyboards for sale but I didn't look at them. I believe they too are vintage stuff. Thanks for the link to the site. Deane
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#383295 - 01/31/14 07:34 PM Re: Rhodes Early Version 2 Question [Re: hammer]
hammer Senior Member Registered: 01/27/08 Posts: 2397 Loc: Texas	I just remembered in 1961 I was on the USS Essex. My Mother sent me an electric piano because she wanted me to keep up my playing chops. It folded up in a suitcase type enclosure and had speakers and stood on 4 legs when unfolded. I have no idea what kind it was. When I was discharged from the Navy I gave it to the Ships chaplain who had become a good friend of mine. Wonder what it might have been worth today? Deane
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#383296 - 01/31/14 07:35 PM Re: Rhodes Early Version 2 Question [Re: hammer]
Diki Registered: 04/25/05 Posts: 14203 Loc: NW Florida	A search on Ebay often helps shed a bit of light on what things may go for (upper and lower limits)... It isn't always right, but it can put you in the ballpark. You'll need a bigger van and three people to help you gig with it, though! Those Suitcase Rhodes weighed a ton! _________________________ An arranger is just a tool. What matters is what you build with it..!
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#383297 - 01/31/14 07:38 PM Re: Rhodes Early Version 2 Question [Re: hammer]
Fran Carango Senior Member Registered: 05/26/99 Posts: 9673 Loc: Levittown, Pa, USA	Originally Posted By: hammer I just remembered in 1961 I was on the USS Essex. My Mother sent me an electric piano because she wanted me to keep up my playing chops. It folded up in a suitcase type enclosure and had speakers and stood on 4 legs when unfolded. I have no idea what kind it was. When I was discharged from the Navy I gave it to the Ships chaplain who had become a good friend of mine. Wonder what it might have been worth today? Deane That would have been a Wurlitzer.. _________________________ www.francarango.com
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#383303 - 01/31/14 08:17 PM Re: Rhodes Early Version 2 Question [Re: Fran Carango]
ianmcnll Senior Member Registered: 07/27/05 Posts: 10606 Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada	Originally Posted By: Fran Carango Originally Posted By: hammer I just remembered in 1961 I was on the USS Essex. My Mother sent me an electric piano because she wanted me to keep up my playing chops. It folded up in a suitcase type enclosure and had speakers and stood on 4 legs when unfolded. I have no idea what kind it was. When I was discharged from the Navy I gave it to the Ships chaplain who had become a good friend of mine. Wonder what it might have been worth today? Deane That would have been a Wurlitzer.. There are a few here...anything look familiar. http://soundandcircuit.webs.com/wurlitzerelectricpianos.htm Maybe it was Hohner Pianet? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pianet Ian _________________________ Yamaha Tyros4, Yamaha MS-60S Powered Monitors(2), Yamaha CS-01, Yamaha TQ-5, Yamaha PSR-S775.
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#383304 - 01/31/14 08:18 PM Re: Rhodes Early Version 2 Question [Re: Fran Carango]
hammer Senior Member Registered: 01/27/08 Posts: 2397 Loc: Texas	Fran, That sounds about right. I have a 1952 Wurlitzer piano in my living room my parents got for me in 1952. It is going to a local church this week. Deane
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#383313 - 01/31/14 09:38 PM Re: Rhodes Early Version 2 Question [Re: hammer]
124 Senior Member Registered: 01/01/09 Posts: 2195	My first portable keyboard was a Pianet N - that would have been around 1962/3. The volume control was an L-shaped metal rod, operated by the sideways movement of the right knee. I was just a young pup at the time and, at nervous moments, my knee would wobble a bit with the resultant volume variation.:)
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#383314 - 01/31/14 09:52 PM Re: Rhodes Early Version 2 Question [Re: hammer]
ianmcnll Senior Member Registered: 07/27/05 Posts: 10606 Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada	You had the kneesels, 124? I played a friend's Pianet T, which did not allow the use of a sustain pedal!!!!!!! Robert Lamm in the band Chicago used a Pianet T on "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" Did the Pianet N support a sustain pedal? The Clavinet had a slider for sustain, if remember correctly? Ian _________________________ Yamaha Tyros4, Yamaha MS-60S Powered Monitors(2), Yamaha CS-01, Yamaha TQ-5, Yamaha PSR-S775.
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#383347 - 02/01/14 08:03 AM Re: Rhodes Early Version 2 Question [Re: ianmcnll]
Duane O Member Registered: 01/24/10 Posts: 115 Loc: Ridgecrest, California, USA	No sustain on the Pianet. I used a tape echo with a momentary foot switch on the one a used for a short time in the 80's. The Pianet was so much easier to carry than the Rhodes. Duane _________________________ Korg PA4x76, Yamaha CP-70 Electric Grand Piano
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