Dyno-My-Piano Rhodes Made for Sonny Burke

[Robapov]

Hey all,

I have been a lurker here but finally got myself a rhodes. I also recently sourced a Columbia Elepian console piano !

This rhodes was in storage for nearly 20 years and will need a little work. Found in Southern California. Rhodes and dyno additions all dated 1979. Thought to share photos with you all.

Photos on my Google drive
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-hXKMYSKEuOqXVpi51ciFjl88sHiFi-A

It has preamp, chorus, tremolo, chopped top and insulated cover and balanced outputs with xlr options.

Anyone have experience with the Tri-stereo tremolo? I have not found much about it online.

[drpepper]

Wow! That is beautiful piano!

Does it all work?

[Robapov]

Wow! That is beautiful piano!

Does it all work?

I am bringing it to get serviced in about one month. The keyboard is smooooooth but I do not have any power source at the moment. I could get one from Vintage Vibe or something but I am going to wait until I bring it for servicing. For now I have the Elepian piano to keep me company. I am beyond excited to get this up and running though. Everything looks clean inside besides a bit of corrosion on the harp that will need to be taken care of.

[jimmymio]

Very likely that I worked on that piano when Dyno-My-Piano was in SF. (Prior to their relocation to Burbank.) However I only worked on the mechanics and someone else handled the electronics. To the OP- send me a PM and I can try to hook you up with the designer of the Tri Stereo Tremolo.

[jimmymio]

This is from Barry Carter re Robapov's Rhodes:

Several things: Yes I am familiar with this piano I designed, built and installed all of the electronics.
First off, I see no power supply and connecting the wrong supply to the power input will either not work correctly or worse blow every thing up!
Second: a correct tone & volume and tuning is absolutely necessary.
Next: The EQ will need re biasing of the field effect transistors and possibly some new capacitors. The Tri-Stereo Tremolo  probably could use bias adjustment of the four channel voltage controlled amplifiers.
All in all, to power up this piano with out correct voltage and electronic alignment is a really bad idea, not to mention without proper tone & volume and probably damper adjustment this piano would not perform as great as it really is.

[gjjr13]

Hi everyone, I'm new here and beginning to research and learn about a dyno-my-piano Rhodes with arched top from 79' that I picked up recently. Mine is happily running off of two batteries, it has the preamp with EQ, flat top, shielding and basic chorus. I'm using a TRS 1/4" to dual TS 1/4" out of the single output I see and that works fine into a stereo DI. Mine must have been a suitcase originally since it doesn't have legs or threads for legs. It does have a sustain guide cup which must have been added. An initial question I have is did any dyno's still use the suitcase speakers and amp or were they all designed to become stages? Thanks for reading!