I came across a studio engineer the other day in Manhattan who mentioned that a certain Herbie Hancock was known to use a modified Rhodes in which thumbtacks were stuck into the hammers. This was responsible for the percussive nature of his Rhodes sound. I have not been able to find much confirmation of this on any of my web searches. Has anybody on this board heard of this? It sounds like it could be a cool thing to do, but I wonder if the thumbtacks hitting the tines might cause damage.
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