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Max BrinkLive From The Chicago Electric Piano Co.: Spare Parts
Read moreFriends of the workshop Spare Parts, a Chicago rooted fusion trio, stopped by to film a live performance in the…
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Max BrinkA Rare Breed Indeed: The Helpinstill Roadmaster
Read moreAnother rare gem makes its way into The Chicago Electric Piano Company’s workshop! Here’s a look at a Helpinstill Roadmaster:…
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Max BrinkHow to Determine the Value and Condition of a Rhodes
Read moreHow to Value a Rhodes Piano Part 2: How to Determine the Condition of a Rhodes As mentioned in the first…
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Max BrinkHow to Value a Fender Rhodes
Read moreHow to Value a Rhodes Piano Part 1: How much is a Fender Rhodes Piano Worth? Determining the value of…
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A Rare Breed Indeed: The Wurlitzer 214A
Read moreForgive us for the shameless self promotion but we are currently selling one of our favorite Wurlitzers that has come…
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Max BrinkA Rare Breed Indeed: Rhodes Mark V
Read moreThe Rebirth of a Rhodes Mark V Following a few other prototype models after the Rhodes Mark II production ended…
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How to Date a Rhodes
Read moreHow can you find the year your Rhodes was manufactured? How old is my Rhodes? This is one of the…
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Max BrinkThe Evolution of the Rhodes Piano
Read moreThe Evolution of Fender Rhodes Production and Sound If you’ve played a handful of Rhodes pianos you may have noticed…
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Custom Shop: Wilco’s White Wurlitzer
Read moreHere’s a glimpse of Wilco’s new Wurlitzer 206A from our Custom Shop. Hopefully we will be hearing from this beauty…
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Max BrinkWhat is the difference between a Wurlitzer 200 and 200A?
Read moreIs my Wurlitzer a 200 or a 200A? The Wurlitzer 200 and 200A are two of the most common Wurlitzer…
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What’s all the ‘Buz’ About?
Read moreUPDATE 2019: Our friends at reverb.com recently published an in depth and exhaustive article about legendary Rhodes tech Buz Watson…
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A Rare Breed Indeed: The Vox Jaguar
Read moreAs we begin to open our doors to more combo organs we present you with another rare breed, the Vox…
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Max BrinkChoosing the Best Amplifier for a Rhodes or Wurlitzer
Read moreThere are many opinions floating around on the best way to amplify an electric piano. Most of which can inevitably be summed…
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A Rare Breed Indeed: The Rhodes Electronic Piano
Read moreYou sure don’t see a rare breed like this every day! Here’s a “Rhodes Electronic Piano” from the ARP Synthesizer…
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Max BrinkThe Amtrak Rhodes and The Boeing Lounge Piano
Read moreWe received a lot of interesting input from the post that shared our first time being introduced to the Amtrak Rhodes piano but we…
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Max BrinkThe Birth of The Rhodes Piano
Read moreIf you live in Chicago, then you already know that it’s hard to escape the sound of the jets screaming…
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Max BrinkA Rare Breed Indeed: The Wurlitzer Student Model Classroom
Read moreA Rare Breed Indeed: The Wurlitzer Student Model Classroom These days, more than half of the Wurlitzer Student models that…
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A Rare Breed Indeed: The Gibson G101
Read moreA Rare Breed Indeed: The Gibson G101 Combo Organ What a groovy combo organ! The Gibson G101 is similar to…
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Mark I vs. Mark II
Read moreWhat is the difference between a Fender Rhodes Mark I and Rhodes Mark II? Which model is better? How can…
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The Fender Rhodes “Bark”
Read moreWhat is the Fender Rhodes “Bark?” The Fender Rhodes “bark” is the signature tone of the Rhodes that distinguishes it…
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Max BrinkA Rare Breed Indeed: The Amtrak Rhodes
Read moreWho wants to play a Mark I or Mark II when you can turn peoples heads sitting behind a 1977…
