[Rhodes22-list] RE: Rhodes Piano on KSLM & New Song on Brook ville

[Gardner, Douglas (LNG-DAY)]

The B-3 is a great instrument!  But I knew I'd never be able to play it like
Emerson did (ummm... Before his nerve conduction problems) so never got one.
;^) 

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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Slim
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 5:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] RE: Rhodes Piano on KSLM & New Song on
Brookville

Doug,

I never owned a Rhodes myself but I had a Wurlitzer, Vox Jaguar, Yamaha
electric grand, and of course a Hammond B-3.  Then came a raft of portables.
But the B-3 is still my favorite.

Slim

On 6/20/05 9:00 AM, "Gardner, Douglas (LNG-DAY)"
<douglas.gardner at lexisnexis.com> wrote:

> Hey Slimmy,
> 
>  Just to tease you a little, I do have a pre-Fender era Rhodes 88 
> sitting in my basement.  ;^)
> 
> And I'm a percussionist, so don't even PLAY the thing!  But it IS a 
> fantastic instrument, so I appreciate it.
> 
> I finally got Fretnaught into the water on Saturday.  Apparently, the 
> "former New Song" has been out enough for me to hear reports of a 
> pristine
> R22 on Brookville Lake (I mean besides my "pristine as can be 1986
model").
> 
> 
> That is great to hear!
> 
> --Doug
> s/v Fretnaught
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Slim
> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 3:49 AM
> To: Rhodes
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Piano on KSLM
> 
> The Rhodes piano was one of the earliest and venerable electronic pianos.
> Instead of the hammer striking strings, the hammer struck tines--like 
> a tuning fork except one prong instead of two.  Here's a fine example:
> 
> http://home.mn.rr.com/kslm/Brandy.mp3
> 
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