<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just returned from the recording studio.  Some disco band is recording.  I though disco went out with the 70's, I guess I'm out of the loop.  Boogie-oogie-oogie.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tuned a Yamaha they were using and then got to the Rhodes.  Relatively speaking it wasn't too bad to start.  It is a very old road instrument, (I guess you could call it a "Road Rhodes).  It was very well used and should probably have a major overhaul.  One by one these old machines are dying and being tossed.  I think there is probably a very limited market for them and I doubt it would be very profitable to get into the Rhodes rebuilding business.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It had a bit of a stretch on it.  It was basically flat-lined up to about F-5 where it began to curve upward to about +20 cents at the very top.  That's a little more stretch then I think I would have recommended, (it sounded a little weird),  but I didn't have time to get too involved.  By the time I finished the Yamaha I only had about 45 minutes to spend with the Rhodes before the band arrived.  I just tried to work with what was there and clean it up a bit.  I'm sure that it was good enough for disco.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>