Fender Rhodes question

[Mark Wisner]

You can stand the harp on edge (with the tines facing you at the bench) once you remove the 4 Phillips screws that hold it to the action blocks.  It has a bracket attached for this purpose.  Then you can just pluck the tines, kind of like playing a harp, and turn the little coil springs to tune.  If you have an etd with an input jack you can plug the Rhodes directly into it.  
To stretch...or not to stretch... depends on what it is being played with.  If it is a substitute for an acoustic piano, or is played with one, stretch away.  If it is used along with an electric organ, little or no stretch sounds better.


-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Bondi <phil@philbondi.com>
Sent: Oct 21, 2005 1:28 PM
To: Newtonville <pianotech@ptg.org>
Subject: Fender Rhodes question

I've got a gig to tune 2 of them next Sunday..both of them suitcase models.

I use to own one in another life, and I can't remember if there's a 
trick to getting the top off or not. I already know to keep any stretch 
to a minimum on them, but getting to the tynes...

any help?

-Phil Bondi(Fl)


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