Custom Yamaha – The Chicago Electric Piano Co.

Jun052024
The “Death Star” Yamaha CP-80
By Kellen Boersma
Here’s the latest from our Custom Shop, the “Death Star” Yamaha CP-80B. Fit for Darth Vader’s penthouse, this Yamaha oozes…
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Kellen Boersma
Oct222022
Custom Shop: Plexiglass Yamaha CP-70 “Coke Bottle Green”
By Max Brink
Coke Bottle Green catches a wave! It’s no secret that we’re big fans of surf green. We’ve re-tolexed a handful…
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Max Brink
Jul172021
Alabaster Helpinstill
By Mike Novak
New road case for this Road Master – a stunning finish for this portable acoustic/electric piano. As you can probably…
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Mike Novak

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electricpianoco Sep 6

Garrett shows off our latest custom Rhodes with a montunos improvisation inspired by the Afro-Cuban tradition. Our trusty Korg drum machine holds down the clave 🕺💃
This 1975 Rhodes stage 73 features our full restoration inside and out. You can learn more about our process and this piano in our blog post - link in bio.
@spuly_ #rhodes #afrocuban #electricpiano #vintagekeys #manuelturizo #montuno #clave #drummachine #repairshop #walnut #customshop #madeinchicago #cepco

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electricpianoco Sep 3

The wood shop has been busy 🪚🛠️!
Here we have a custom 1975 Rhodes Stage 73 rehoused in an American walnut case with matching cheekblocks and mirror name rail. It’s capped off with a gorgeous smoked plexi top. Under the hood we have what really counts: our top tier mechanical restoration, ensuring this piano plays and sounds even better than it looks. This one is on its way to Colombia to be played by @manuelturizo
#customshop #rhides #electricpiano #americanwalnut #woodshop #woodwork #craftsman #vintagekeys #smoked #plexiglass #madeinchicago #🇨🇴

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electricpianoco Aug 30

This ready-to-ship 1976 Rhodes 88 Stage sounds so good; we get “misty” over the tones! Here’s in-house shredder and piano tech @spuly_ doing a little rendition of the classic 1954 #errollgarner tune for #lickoftheweek .

This piano is overhauled and ready to send out, we’ve received lots of interest but it’s still up for grabs! Message us to make it yours!

#jazz #jazzpiano #rhodes #rhodesstagepiano #rhodes88 #1976 #misty #coffeemusic #restoration #spuly #jazzcover #pianocover #forsale #readytoship #vintage #cepco #chicagoelectric #chicagoelectricpianocompany

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electricpianoco Aug 27

1976 Rhodes Stage 88 😍. If you’ve been hunting for a wonderful Rhodes piano, look no further! Here is a rare opportunity to own one of our fully restored pianos - and skip the repair queue 😉
Our in depth restoration includes replacing all aging rubber components, an action overhaul, voicing set up and more. 1976 is one of our favorite production eras and this piano is a great example. Send us an email for more details, and stay tuned for a video demo!
(Rhodes jacket for display purposes only ☺️)
#rhodes #electricpiano #vintagekeys #1976 #fullyrestored #forsale #repairshop #chicagocraft #cepco

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electricpianoco Aug 24

🎙️🇩🇪 Our take on Wilco’s “Impossible Germany”. Whammy Clavinets often get compared to lead guitars, and so we decided to take Nels Cline’s sensitive vibrato style licks and try them out on the Whammy Clavinet. Accompanied by @matt.blocher on a freshly restored Wurlitzer 214, we love the way this little homage came out. 🇩🇪🎙️

🌳 This custom oak-cased whammy-modified Hohner Clavinet received our top-shelf services. See a detailed blog post on our website for a deep dive into this very special instrument. 🌳

Wilco represents Chicago in the best ways possible; We’ve had the pleasure of restoring a few keyboards for them. We love the tones they get at their Loft studio, as well as their songs! We hope you enjoy this take as much as we enjoyed playing it.

#clavinet #hohnerclavinet #whammyclavinet #customkeys #customwoodwork #oak #wurlitzer #wurlitzer214 #wurlitzer200a #vintagekeys #wilco #nelscline #skybluesky #impossiblegermany #2007 #explorepage #jefftweedy #keyscover #cepco #chicagoelectricpianoco

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electricpianoco Aug 21

The latest CEPCo Clavinet build: a one-of-a-kind D6 in white oak with plexi glass top, whammy bar modification and turquoise felt accents ✨✨
A few other notable features: matching turned legs, output jack on the bottom of the instrument, and a laser engraved “Chicago Electric Piano” rear logo - at the clients request 🥰🥰!! This isn’t just a piece of funky furniture though, our complete mechanical and electronic overhaul ensures that it’s made to be played. Stay tuned for a video demo!
#hohner #clavinet #clav #clavinetd6 #funkyfurniture #electricpiano #whiteoak #madeinchicago #vintagekeys #plexiglass #repairshop #whammybar #cepco

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electricpianoco Aug 15

The custom Helpinstill goes for one more ride on this take of Bruce Hornsby’s Classic hit “The Way It Is”. @spuly_ put this arrangement together of the often sampled, rarely covered, 1986 chart-topping, career-making, song.

This Helpinstill’s custom output box, designed and built by our @krazykeegan , allows for panning the Piano’s three pickups through the use of separated outputs. You’ll hear some of that stereo spread on this recording.

Check out an in-depth blog post about this Piano on our Website!

#Helpinstill #roadmaster #roadpiano #customkeys #customelectronics #pianomoving #brucehornsby #jazzcover #jazz #jazzpop #thewayitis #sampling #tupac #vintagekeys #custompiano #whitepiano #madeinchicago #fabrication #cepco #chicagoelectricpianocompany #1986

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electricpianoco Aug 11

Here we demonstrate the unique ability of our custom Helpinstill piano to split its own keyboard into three separate outputs; Bass, Middle, and Treble. Of course, the two-way split became somewhat standard in the digital era, but can you name any other acoustic instrument that can split its register like this?

The treble is run through a vintage @bossinfoglobal DM-3 for maximum @lee_scratch_perry vibes. The midrange is run through a vintage Boss Ph-1 phaser. We ran the bass through a vintage @ehx mini Q tron for a little @bootsy_collins nod.

Stay tuned for more footage and an in-depth blog post on our website about this super unique Helpinstill restoration.

#helpinstill #helpinstillpiano #helpinstillroadmaster #custompiano #boss #bossdelay #phaser #qtron #electroharmonix #ehx #whitepiano #leescratchperry #cminor #restoration #customkeys #madeinchicago #cepco #chicagoelectricpianocompany

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electricpianoco Aug 6

⛅️ Presenting a very special customized Helpinstill 64 “Portable” Electric Piano. Beyond our mechanical restoration, customization turned this piano into a truly unique instrument, with a custom white paint job, a one-of-a-kind electronics set up, and added legs to stabilize regulation, this is a Helpinstill like no other. ⛅️

The custom electronics break out box, designed by our own @krazykeegan , allows for three separate outputs across the piano’s register. Our client wanted to be able to pan the piano’s bass and treble, but this also allows different effects for the bass, midrange, and treble, respectively. Typical Helpinstill electronics mix each of the three pickups at equal volume for a single mono output, which our mixing box also allows for. We also have volume controls for each pickup integrated. Stay tuned for videos!

The white paint job gives this piano a beautiful glossy pop. Originally, these were all black. We also had custom leg extenders made by @stolatisfab in order to add Wurlitzer legs while still keeping the piano on it’s original wheels. These also stabilize the piano’s regulation.

The Helpinstill piano’s keys fold into itself, for safe and compact transport. Packed up, this thing’s footprint isn’t much bigger than a couple of twin reverbs. And it’s on wheels, ready for the gig!

#helpinstill #portablepiano #liftingweights #roadmaster #helpinstillpiano #whitepiano #custompiano #customkeys #fabrication #stolatisfab #customelectronics #output #restoration #whitekeyboard #explorepage #passive #portable #travelpiano #piano #vintagekeys #madeinchicago #cepco #chicagoelectricpianocompany

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electricpianoco Aug 1

Custom Helpinstill incoming! Stay tuned…
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#electricpiano #vintagekeys #customshop #helpinstill #cepco

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Custom Helpinstill incoming! Stay tuned…
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The “Death Star” Yamaha CP-80

Custom Shop: Plexiglass Yamaha CP-70 “Coke Bottle Green”

Alabaster Helpinstill