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Repair of 1980 Rhodes Piano - link
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:35 am
by JonoSkip
Hi Guys
A link to a project I recently finished - rewinding pick-ups from a 1980 Rhodes 54 piano (54 keys). The link is below if you want to check it out (it's on our NZ bass player site).
http://www.bassplayer.co.nz/viewtopic.p ... 025#p22025
Jono
Re: Repair of 1980 Rhodes Piano - link
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:57 am
by Tom Smit
Good job!
Re: Repair of 1980 Rhodes Piano - link
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:15 am
by Grant Bunter
Great job Jono
I have long liked the sound of 80's Rhodes...
Re: Repair of 1980 Rhodes Piano - link
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:20 am
by DJPhatman
Good on you, Jono! What a mate to your Uncle-in-law, too. I would have been petrified to even open a classic Rhodes, let alone unwind and rewind the pickups. Hats off to you, mate!
Re: Repair of 1980 Rhodes Piano - link
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:14 am
by escapemcp
Great skills. Just one quick (probably dumb) question:
You mentioned that the pickups are wired in series - how does the piano know which key is being pressed? Maybe you mean a different 'series' to what I'm thinking (I'm thinking the 'bottom' pickup connector connects to the 'top' of the next one and so on). Could you possibly quickly explain
Thanks.
Re: Repair of 1980 Rhodes Piano - link
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:37 am
by JonoSkip
Thank you all!
escapemcp wrote:how does the piano know which key is pressed
It doesn't need to. Just like an electric guitar doesn't know what strings you pluck. In the piano each key has a hammer that hits it's own "tine" that vibrates in front of its own pickup. The vibrating tine affects the magnetic field of the pickup which changes the current through the coil. Keys hit at the same time just add to the signal.
Hope that helps and I got that right!
