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C2 – Ray's Wurli
The classic sound of Ray Charles' Wurlitzer 200 piano, like the one
heard on his smash hit "What'd I Say".
C3 – Queen "Best Friend"
Modeled after the unique sound from Queen's mega-hit "You're
My Best Friend" (A Night At The Opera album). There's argument as
to whether it was actually a Rhodes piano used on the recording, but
close listening reveals what is unmistakably Wurlitzer. Curiously,
producer Roy Thomas Baker split the piano sound so that the lowest
notes (the song is in the key of C) are panned hard left and the body
of the piano sound is panned slightly off to the right. As the Wurlitzer
wasn't a stereo instrument, one can only conclude that Baker tracked
the left and right hand parts separately.
C4 – Faces Wurly
Modeled after the heavily overdriven Wurly sound from the Rod
Stewart/Faces hit "Stay With Me."
C5 – Wurlitzer 129 Woodie
More "throaty" sound of the Wurlitzer 129, one of the early "wooden"
models. The electronics "short out" when you turn assignable knob 2
to the right.
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