Talk:Rhodes piano

message: Can somebody tell me what makes this site a reliable source? It looks very self published to me, though the facsimiles of the manuals are okay, as somebody can verify them by looking at the printed originals. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  14:18, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: "Many of the sources and references cited in the text have "borrowed" or distorted facts and whole sentences from my writings and the www.fenderrhodes.com" Then you need to take it up with the authors of those sources - Wikipedia just references what has already been printed by professional publishing companies with a good reputation for fact checking and accuracy. Anyone can write anything on a website and claim anything they like - it does not follow that it is true. Do you own Harold Rhodes' trademarks? Are you an official representative to his estate? I suspect not. Charging in like a bull in a china shop and calling other editors "liars" is a great way to get blocked, and for your changes to disappear. Also, your recent edits introduced several basic spelling errors I have had to fix. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  12:36, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  fenderrhodes.com 

message: Please add Vince Guaraldi who uses a Fender Rhodes on "Heartburn Waltz" and many other of his Peanuts recordings.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.26.41.122 (talk) 02:36, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  08:45, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: List of bands

message: I recall helping my dad set up a Rhodes some time in the early 1980s, which means it was likely before the Mk. V. It did not have the bars between the legs that I see in the image of the Mk. V, although I'm not sure if that was a universal feature. The case was clearly marked "Rhodes 55", and I recall this referred to the model, not the particular piano itself. Does anyone know anything about a Model 55?
I also recall trying to get the legs to screw into the sockets on the bottom of the piano was almost impossible. The legs screwed in at an angle, as you can see in the photos, but the socket was designed so that angle was not obvious. It took multiple attempts to get the screw aligned with the bolt, the first attempts always resulting in crossed threads. I remember being amazed at how hard it was, far beyond anything that made sense given that it was a screw and a hole.
This weekend I found my washing machine's trap is set behind a panel with three even more annoying mis-aligned holes, which are conveniently located just high enough off the ground that you cannot fit the 1/4 inch socket over them. I assume they hired ex-Rhodes engineers.
Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:57, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I've had great difficulty getting hold of information about models from the late 70s onwards - people seem to just talk about the Suitcase and Stage and leave it at that. I personally tended to use a Wurlitzer instead of a Rhodes for gigs as I could (just!) pick the former up single handedly and put it in the back seat of a car. The EP Forums might have answer to whether the 55 was an officially recognised name, but finding a reliable source (such as a trade sheet or advert) might be a bit more taxing, as nobody (broadly construed) seems to have much love for anything that followed the Mark II. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:10, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I've looked in all the obvious online sources and found nothing so far. And when I say it was marked "55", I do mean that, I recall it was embossed into the case, it wasn't a sticker or anything like that. That said, it looked exactly like the Mk. II as imaged here, especially those *^&* legs. A submodel perhaps? Or Canadian branding?  Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:39, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

text: Bingo!  None of this is mentioned in the article, do any of the references mention any of these subtypes? Actually, the Mk. II doesn't seem to be mentioned at all! Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:44, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It was in the article and reliably sourced (see changes), but appears to have been deleted (see above threads - perhaps I should have done a blanket revert on Fregot's edits but that wouldn't have been nice), anyway it's back now. As for the other models, the fenderrhodes.com site has got scans of sales brochures and trade ads, which are absolutely fine as sources to document specific models. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:02, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Model 55? 

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Thanks. 842U (talk) 14:08, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: We are talking about the article. There's clearly a whole section missing, the Mk. II isn't mentioned at all, the the 54-key version isn't either, which is precisely why I asked in the first place. Wasn't that clear right from the start? Maury Markowitz (talk) 21:03, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  There's stuff about the MK II and the 54 back in the article now; if there's anything still missing, shout. , Maury's comments showed the content he was looking for had been deleted after the GA review without me noticing, so removing the discussion (and then edit warring over it!) was not just silly, but actively preventing an article from being improved. Please don't do that again. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:37, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
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message: Might be interesting to note the similarity between the tone producing mechanism in the Rhodes and that of a toy piano -- hammers striking metal rods.  Indeed, unamplified, a Rhodes sounds quite similar to a toy piano, albeit much quieter.
Would also be interesting to include a close-up photo or two of the actual rod/pickup mechanism, and maybe a mention of how the instrument is tuned.
74.95.43.253 (talk) 01:35, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toy piano 

message: Surprised Richard Tee wasn’t mentioned… 2600:8801:281A:F87E:1038:7F7F:F252:E595 (talk) 06:30, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable players