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GROUP 1 - electric pianos, clavinets, and
related sounds.
Rhodes electric pianos A1 thru B16.
The most popular electric piano of all time and still cherished and
used in music today, the Rhodes was invented by one Harold
Rhodes, who had the idea for building an electro-mechanical piano
using spun metal rods, or "tines" struck by hammers (you might think
of a tine as a cousin to the tuning fork). Harold's first Rhodes piano
was the 32-note PianoBass, used by notables such as Ray Manzarek
of the Doors for his bass sounds. In 1965 the design for the
PianoBass was modified and enlarged to create an 88-key piano,
complete with amplification and speaker enclosure. Thus began a line
of Rhodes electric pianos, manufactured until 1984.
Harold Rhodes with his first design for the "therapeutic" piano, to be distributed to
disabled World War II serviceman recuperating in hospitals.
Rhodes pianos (also referred to as Fender Rhodes as they were
marketed by the Fender company for quite a number of years) were a
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