Just bought a Mark V!!!

[tjcombs]

I was logging onto ebay tonight and checking my usual searches, Fender Bandmaster, Rhodes piano... and what do I see?
Fender Rhodes Mark v
Buy it now 700 us dollars.
After a bit of inspection I decided to buy it, after all, they're worth way more than that.
Unfortunately....
No legs, stand or sustain pedal
Good think my mark 1 has all those things!

Pics show great  condition
Check it out!!


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=015&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=250046659641&rd=1&rd=1

[SWANG]

Congratz!  Let us know how everything turns out when it arrives.  

[learjeff]

I know what your next favorite searches will be:

Rhodes legs
Rhodes sustain pedal

Cause it'd be nice to gig with one and leave the other set up!
Of course, you can use a heavy duty stand instead of legs, especially for gigging -- quicker setup than the real legs.

Not that I'd gig a Rhodes any more -- thank goodness I don't need to any more!

[tjcombs]

You know what the most hilarious part is? I'm not even good at piano.
I'm a VERY novice player. I'm teaching myself and have only been playing for like 6 months. I just love the way that rhodes pianos sound so much. I'm going to be playing a lot more once I get a decent amp to play these through.

[Rhodes Math'ar]

congrats man.

I heard a fairy tale that if you own a Mark V, the chick corea fairy will come at night and bless you with mad chops and artistry.  So there is no need to worry that you are a novice.

[Dan Belcher]

You know what the most hilarious part is? I'm not even good at piano.
I'm a VERY novice player. I'm teaching myself and have only been playing for like 6 months. I just love the way that rhodes pianos sound so much.

Likewise!  I got my Rhodes back in February, so I've only been seriously playing for 9 months.  I've always had a crappy Casio waterfall key no sustain pedal keyboard for as long as I can remember, so I knew a tiny bit.  A few months before I managed to stumble onto my Rhodes, I had picked up a really cheap Yamaha waterfall key keyboard and a sustain pedal, so I was able to learn a little more, but not much.  My piano playing has improved infinitely since I acquired the Rhodes.  Aside from having a great feel (not quite a Steinway grand piano, but still very good in my opinion!!!), that great sound is just excellent incentive to get better.  I've been teaching myself without taking actual lessons, but I have managed to pick up a fair bit from reading stuff on the Internet and books on chord theory, etc.

I heard a fairy tale that if you own a Mark V, the chick corea fairy will come at night and bless you with mad chops and artistry. So there is no need to worry that you are a novice.

Do I get anything for having a '78 Mark I?  :?

[tjcombs]

Anyone know if this has the improved action with the bumps on the pedestals?
Also, will a normal sustain pedal and legs work for this?

[jibbidyjoe]

my mark v has the pedestal bumps.  any model sustain pedal will work with the mark v.  however, the legs from a mark 1 or 2 will not work with it.  there is nowhere for the legs to screw into the case of the mark v.  instead, some folks used standard keyboard stands, while others used the custom mark v stand developed specifically for the mark v by rhodes.
hope this helps.

[tjcombs]

Thanks!!
Do you know if the bottom of the case is thick enough to mount leg brackets on?

[andi85]

Don't do that. If you don't have the original stand just take one like the foldable desk from K&M.

[tjcombs]

Andi,
Thanks for the reply, but what is K&M?
Thanks!

[learjeff]

I'd just use a double-brace X stand, like this one from On-Stage.  ($60)

[Mark II]

Andi,
Thanks for the reply, but what is K&M?
Thanks!

K&M is a prodcuer of various stands.
I would prefer any table stand to a regular  x-stand.

Best
Mark II

[andi85]

Yes, sorry, I forgot to make that clear. I meant something like this: http://www.musik-service.de/KM-Keyboard-Klapptisch-18950-prx861de.aspx

[uncle silas]

Thanks!!
Do you know if the bottom of the case is thick enough to mount leg brackets on?

If you take a drill to that thing you might as well kiss the real value of it goodbye.  Get a keyboard stand and don't do anything drastic!

[andi85]

Not to mention that it probably doesn't work properly.
Anyway, I find keyboard stands way more handy than the Rhodes legs.

[tjcombs]

I haven't even touched the thing yet!

[james]

One stand to avoid is this thing:

http://www.americanmusical.com/item--i-MUS-KS7150.html

The On Stage KS7150 Table Top Keyboard Stand is not just cheap -- it's a cheap piece of s**t!!!  I ordered it for myself a few months ago, thinking it could be useful for supporting my rack case, drum machine, etc., and I ended up returning it the next day.  The design gives you no front-to-back support, leaving it very wobbly, so wobbly that I didn't trust it to hold anything if there was a slight breeze in the room.  OK, maybe I'm exaggerating, but there's no way this would support a Mark V or any other Rhodes in a safe way, no matter how much weight they say it can support.

What's sad is that the Axman platform stand I bought a few years ago (and still use today) has been discontinued...check it out:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/MusiciansFriendPlatformKeyboardStand?sku=452030

It supports 125 lbs. and looks like the original Rhodes legs, so this would be perfect for the Mark V.  See if you can find one on Ebay!

[fornothingatall]

As discussed previously in this thread: http://ep-forum.com/smf/index.php?topic=1605&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=quiklok

This Quiklok stand looks pretty cool and compact and says it will hold 250lbs.

http://www.platinum-records.com/Quiklok-WS550-COFFIN-STAND-prod4703.htm

Let us know what option you actually go with when you get the thing!

[tjcombs]

awesome. THanks so much guys. THis thing should be here one the 24th. Now I just have to pay the girlfriend back for the thing and then I'm in the stand hunting business!!.

I wonder if one of the bigger rhodes supply companies online will be making repro legs for Mark V's anytime. I guess it would be a very limited market though.

[james]

The thing is that the Mark V never had legs in the first place -- it was actually meant to be placed on a heavy-duty keyboard stand, unlike all of the previous Stage Piano models.  I believe the original Mark V stand was optional when the piano was bought new (at least that's what the brochure said, in fine print).  That would explain why so many Mark V's don't have it today.

[Groove4Hire]

I know that here in Norway the stand was sold separately and the pricetag was steep... I bought my Mark V from the original owner and he told me he couldn't afford the stand when he had paid for the piano... I found two original Mark V stands later on; the first was a new old stock Mark V stand I bought on Ebay 4 years ago for 100$... The other one I found in a messy backroom in a second hand music shop in LA. I got that one for free...

[kitchen]

I've been using the K&M stand andi85 referred to on page 1 for about ten years now with my Roland RD-500 digital piano and although the RD doesn't weigh as much as a Rhodes, I'm pretty confident it will work like a charm with one.
Not only is it a very stable stand, it even can support me !(106kg).It's build to last and very adjustable. A highly recommended stand if you can't find an original one, if you ask me.

Kitchen

[MikePeterson]

The Mark V will NOT work with the older screw type legs.

[tjcombs]

it was actually meant to be placed on a heavy-duty keyboard stand, unlike all of the previous Stage Piano models

that's the stand I mean, not legs!