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Stage 73 and Fender Rhodes history

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Stage 73 and Fender Rhodes history

- [Narrator] Electric pianos began to be developed almost as soon as humans harnessed electricity. Early models were actually acoustic pianos with built-in magnetic pickups, which convert the motion of strings into electrical signals that can be amplified through a speaker. While those were lighter than conventional acoustic pianos, they still weighed hundreds of pounds due to their soundboards. Eventually the quest for greater portability led to the development of new electro-mechanical assemblies that use metal bars or rods to generate a tone, which is in turn captured by pickup and fed to the amplified speaker. These are now called tines. The sound of the electric piano was a vast departure from that of an acoustic piano, but it became increasingly popular for the studio as well for touring. Part of the reason for that was sounds could be isolated more easily and they could be run through effects like reverb or chorus to give a unique sound, which could be more easily identified on…

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