Fender Rhodes Electric Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1971-1973
name: label: maker
content: Fender Rhodes Company
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This electric piano was made by the Fender Rhodes Company in Fullerton, California around 1971-1973. It is a Mark I stage piano, which was produced from 1969-1975. This piano is serial number 24761, and has a compass of 6ix octaves, Rhodes action, with hammers facing the keyboard, metal bars with resonator bars and coils to turn vibrations into electrical charges, rubber pads on plastic shank hammers, 2 hand stops: tone regulator and volume regulator, wood frame, an imitation leather-covered wood case, and a folding metal base.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This piano features the following patents:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>U. S. Patent #2972922, dated February 28, 1961 by Harold B. Rhodes for an electrical musical instrument in the nature of a piano.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>U. S. Patent #3270608, dated September 6, 1966 by Harold B. Rhodes for a piano action.</p>
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content: <p>U. S. Design Patent #200439, dated February 23, 1965 by Harold B. Rhodes for an electric piano.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>U.S. Design Patent #200440, dated February 23, 1965 by Harold B. Rhodes for an electric piano.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: California, Fullerton
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Electronic Musical Instruments
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content: Pianos
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John E. Hasse
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0047.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0047
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0047.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 48 in x 12 in; 60.96 cm x 121.92 cm x 30.48 cm