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on July 21-22-23, 1948. During the summer of 1948 pianist and song-stylist Gwen Bari was Rhodes's representative and demonstrator in
Philadelphia,âincluding a local television broadcast.. She likewise appeared for promotions in Cleveland, New York, and Chicago. Her husband and violinist-partner Gene Bari was Rhodes's sales agent in Palm Springs (CA), advertising the instrument at $ 189.50 with amplification either built into the instrument or as an outboard unit, though it "also plays without amplification." The instrument weighed twenty pounds by itself, and thirty pounds including its tubular base with attached seat, and the Baris were then using it in performances at Palm Springs' Desert Inn.
468:, where he created a piano teaching method to provide therapy for soldiers recovering from combat in hospital. From scrapped airplanes, he eventually developed miniature pianos that could be played in bed. Rhodes was discharged from the Army Air Corps in September 1944. He named his (non-amplified) lap instrument the "Xylette," and a 1945 newspaper described its materials and their source: "The Xylette is being constructed by patients in the craft shops of the convalescent hospitals. The xylophone bars are made from discarded hydraulic systems, the plywood from hatchways, keys from the fuselage spruce, and hammers from the hardwood of the propellor.â
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fiberglass top. During the late 1960s, two models of the Fender Rhodes
Celeste also became available, which used the top three or four octaves, respectively, of the Fender Rhodes piano. The Celeste did not sell well and is now hard to find. In 1969, the fiberglass lid was replaced with vacuum-molded plastic; the earlier models became known retrospectively as "silvertops".
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During the late 1970s and 1980s, Chuck Monte manufactured an after-market modification to the Rhodes, known as Dyno My Piano. It included a lever that moved the relative position of the tines to the pickups, modifying the sound, and fed the output signal through additional electronics. This sound was
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California, next developed an electrically-amplified 38-key instrument, again without stringsâinstead, using carbon steel rods and advertised as "never needing to be tuned." It was labeled the "Pre-Piano," also being advertised as the "Bantam Piano" to broaden its appeal. Its public debut
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first encountered the Rhodes in 1968 while booked for a session with Davis. He immediately became an enthusiast, noting that the amplification made him much more audible in groups when compared to the piano. Hancock continued to experiment with the Rhodes over the following years, including playing
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During the 1970s various changes were made to the Rhodes mechanics. In 1971 the hammer tips were changed to neoprene rubber instead of felt, to avoid the excessive need for regular maintenance, while in 1975 harp supports were changed from wood to aluminum. Although this made production cheaper, it
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Angeles Public School System, and was eventually adopted in other cities, including Chicago. Among Rhodes's promotional appearances away from Los Angeles was Chicago's Lyon & Healy music store, where he demonstrated the instrument
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alongside the existing electromechanical elements. The overall effect was that of a Rhodes piano and a synthesizer being played simultaneously. The instrument was unreliable with a problematic production, particularly when a shipment of 150 units to Japan caused interference with local television
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in 1965. Rhodes stayed with the company, and released the first Fender Rhodes piano, a 73-note model. The instrument comprised parts â the piano, and a separate enclosure underneath containing the power amplifier and loudspeaker. Like the piano bass, it was finished in black Tolex, and had a
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The Rhodes piano's keyboard is laid out like a traditional acoustic piano, but some models contain 73 keys instead of 88. The 73-key model weighs around 130 pounds (59 kg). The keyboard's touch and action is designed to be like an acoustic piano. Pressing a key results in a hammer striking a
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Fullerton plant, however, began early in 1962âfollowing manufacture of prototypes that " been in use throughout the Southwest for more than a year.â The earliest-known
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Rhodes re-acquired the rights to the Rhodes piano in 1997. By then, he was in ill health and died in
December 2000. In 2007, his former business partner Joe Brandstetter acquired the rights to the name and re-formed Rhodes Music Corporation. The company introduced a reproduction of the original
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changed the resonance of the instrument slightly. In 1977 the power amplifier design was changed from an 80 to a 100-watt model. The Mk II model was introduced in late 1979, which was simply a set of cosmetic changes over the most recent Mk I models. A 54-note model was added to the range.
461:, which became popular across the United States, and led to an hour-long nationally syndicated radio show. Rhodes continued to teach piano throughout his lifetime, and his piano method continues to be taught today. He continually refined and updated the design of the instrument up to 1984.
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On 18 March 1945 Rhodes visited the Santa Ana (CA) Army Base
Convalescent Hospital, bringing with him eight Xylettes, and having visited seven similar military hospitals across the U.S. When Rhodes had visited the Army's Fort Logan (CO) convalescent hospital a month earlier, he supervised
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Student and Instructor models were introduced in 1965. They were designed to teach the piano in the classroom. By connecting the output of a network of student models, the teacher could listen to each student in isolation on the instructor model, and send an audio
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who licensed the trademark rights from
Brandstetter. They announced a new model, the MK8, in development. The MK8 was made available for pre-order in November with 500 units planned for production in 2022. The MK8's case was designed by
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began using Rhodes instruments when the group formed in 1965. He played basslines on a Piano Bass with his left hand, while playing organ with his right. He also played a full-sized Rhodes in the studio, such as a Mark I Stage 73 on
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approximating the string bass's range (E1-B3), known as the Piano Bass. The instrument introduced the design that would become common to subsequent Rhodes pianos, with the same
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top. The tops came from a boat manufacturer who supplied whatever color happened to be available; consequently a number of different colored piano basses were produced.
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of the instrument will have a gap where the frequency of a lead vocal can be. This means the instrument can easily support a voice performance without overpowering it.
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1178:"See and Hear America's Newest Musical Sensation: The Bantam Piano" (advertisement, Gimbel's department store). Philadelphia Inquirer, 23 June 1948, 27.
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1214:"Lyon & Healy introduce this fascinating new Bantam Piano for the home, the school, the club" (advertisement). Chicago Tribune, 18 July 1948, 5.
1142:"Lyon & Healy introduce this fascinating new Bantam Piano for the home, the school, the club" (advertisement). Chicago Tribune, 18 July 1948, 5.
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Smith, Don. âCountian Produces Compact Instrument: Technical Ingenuity âShrinksâ Bass Fiddle.â The Register (Orange County, CA), 15 April 1962, 6.
1169:"See The World's Newest Baby Grand! The Bantam Piano" (advertisement, Campbell Music Company). Washington (DC) Evening Star, 8 November 1948, A-3.
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with a patch known as the DX7 Rhodes that was popular during the 1980s, and caused several players to abandon the Rhodes in favor of the DX7.
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1232:"Demonstrations Daily, 1 to 3 p.m., by Gwen Bari" (advertisement, Kelley's furniture store). The Desert Sun, 17 December 1948, 9.
1151:"The Portable Bantam Piano: $ 199:50" (advertisement, Schuster's Department Store). Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, 23 July 1948, 7.
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was in Los Angeles on 21 May 1948, at the Broadway department store. Rhodes was present as demonstrator, as was songwriter
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1160:"It's Here: Bantam Piano" (advertisement, Gift and Tot Shop). Greenville (MS) Delta Democrat-Times, 14 November 1948, 14.
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stand and a single output jack. Although the Stage could be used with any amplifier, catalogs suggested the use of the
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feature that bounces the output signal from the piano across two speakers. This feature is inaccurately labeled "
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1133:âAF Vets Build Midget Pianos and Learn to Play Tunes in 21 Days.â Popular Mechanics 83:6 (June 1945), 16.
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1124:âUse Bomber Parts to Build Pianos.â The Daily Times (New Philadelphia, OH), 16 February 1945, 3.
1196:"Want to be a Piano Mover? Inventor Here Makes It Easy." Pasadena Independent, 23 May 1948, 18.
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electric piano, the Rhodes Mark 7, housed in a molded plexiglass enclosure.
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started teaching piano when he was 19. He dropped out of the
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795:Ray Charles
769:". Many of
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717:Chick Corea
704:Miles Davis
649:Loopmasters
581:synthesizer
372:tuning fork
307:tuning fork
101:1984 (Mk V)
99:1979 (MkII)
2353:Categories
2049:October 5,
1948:Price 2010
1821:Price 2010
1546:"About us"
941:Retrieved
938:Apple Inc.
918:Brice 2001
852:References
842:Twin Peaks
834:Nils Frahm
815:Steely Dan
739:and other
658:Moog Music
610:Yamaha DX7
505:fiberglass
493:Leo Fender
459:jazz music
362:media help
259:Yamaha DX7
251:polyphonic
247:soul music
128:Oscillator
2131:0261-3077
2014:March 29,
1936:Vail 2000
1413:Vail 2000
1361:Vail 2000
1063:"History"
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677:the Doors
616:After CBS
557:Billboard
515:Under CBS
455:classical
415:harmonics
409:with the
388:amplifier
118:Polyphony
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65:(1959â65)
60:(1946â59)
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767:Get Back
276:Features
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161:Keyboard
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395:tremolo
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245:, and
231:Fender
216:pickup
684:Doors
501:Tolex
212:tines
208:piano
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