WORKSHOP BLOG

  • Jun022013

    Live From The Chicago Electric Piano Co.: Spare Parts

    Friends of the workshop Spare Parts, a Chicago rooted fusion trio, stopped by to film a live performance in the…

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  • May182013

    A Rare Breed Indeed: The Helpinstill Roadmaster

    Another 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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  • Apr192013

    How to Determine the Value and Condition of a Rhodes

    How to Value a Rhodes Piano Part 2: How to Determine the Condition of a Rhodes As mentioned in the first…

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  • Apr182013

    How to Value a Fender Rhodes

    How to Value a Rhodes Piano Part 1: How much is a Fender Rhodes Piano Worth? Determining the value of…

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  • Mar272013

    A Rare Breed Indeed: The Wurlitzer 214A

    Forgive us for the shameless self promotion but we are currently selling one of our favorite Wurlitzers that has come…

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  • Feb132013

    A Rare Breed Indeed: Rhodes Mark V

    The Rebirth of a Rhodes Mark V Following a few other prototype models after the Rhodes Mark II production ended…

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  • Feb112013

    How to Date a Rhodes

    How can you find the year your Rhodes was manufactured? How old is my Rhodes? This is one of the…

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  • Feb102013

    The Evolution of the Rhodes Piano

    The Evolution of Fender Rhodes Production and Sound If you’ve played a handful of Rhodes pianos you may have noticed…

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  • Jan292013

    Custom Shop: Wilco’s White Wurlitzer

    Here’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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  • Jan102013

    What is the difference between a Wurlitzer 200 and 200A?

    Is my Wurlitzer a 200 or a 200A? The Wurlitzer 200 and 200A are two of the most common Wurlitzer…

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  • Dec162012

    What’s all the ‘Buz’ About?

    UPDATE 2019: Our friends at reverb.com recently published an in depth and exhaustive article about legendary Rhodes tech Buz Watson…

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  • Dec142012

    A Rare Breed Indeed: The Vox Jaguar

    As we begin to open our doors to more combo organs we present you with another rare breed, the Vox…

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  • Nov292012

    Choosing the Best Amplifier for a Rhodes or Wurlitzer

    There 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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  • Nov132012

    A Rare Breed Indeed: The Rhodes Electronic Piano

    You 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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  • Oct222012

    The Amtrak Rhodes and The Boeing Lounge Piano

    We 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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  • Aug162012

    The Birth of The Rhodes Piano

    If you live in Chicago, then you already know that it’s hard to escape the sound of the jets screaming…

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