Look what just migrated from the USA to Oz

[sookwinder]

Last December I decided I wanted a Rhodes, so I contacted Chicago Electric Piano Co. ... who had done my "mellow yellow" custom paint job and refurbishment on a Wurlitzer EP ...  and requested a quote and some customisation.

Not withstanding that it was completed in the middle of February, but I only just received a couple of days back, here is a fantastic 1973 Fender Rhodes "Stage 73" electric piano. Sounding as great as the refurbishment and restoration looks.

I now have two issues... where to store the lid !   
How do I re-arrange the 7 keyboards I have so I do not look like some weird arsed old woman who has 47 cats and piles of newspapers going back 30 years. 

Currently prototyping a preamp for it


Here is a clip that REVERB did of my Rhodes before it was shipped.

David
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNX_34JQ1nU

[mvanmanen]

That looks fantastic. I just love the cheek blocks.

I have a rule with my wife. Any keyboards, amps, etc. have to fit into my music room. No spillover allowed. So I sacrificed a closet and put in an industrial set of shelves that I use to store my digital keyboards that are used for gigs and some of the vintage ones as well so I do not look like a hoarder. I rotate them in and out so all get played depending on what I am into.

That being said, she really loved the look of the wurlitzer 145 I fixed up so it is "allowed" in our bedroom. The grand piano is also excluded from the rule. 

[rhodesjuzz]

That looks really amazing, allthough I'd rather keep them original. Those guys at CEP really know what they're doing

Have fun with it!

[Ben Bove]

For the lid, if the piano is near a wall, you can leave it hinged on the piano resting up against the wall.  You can easily close the lid as a dust cover when not in use.  I put thin felts on the lid's metal corners and they won't mark up the wall.