DENON/ COLUMBIA Elepian electric piano

[polyvoks]

hi guys
here's a page of a rare electronmechanical piano :
the DENON (or COLUMBIA) Elepian

http://olivier-grall.yusynth.net/instruments/Pianos/DENON/page%20denon.html


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[Rob A]

Wow, very cool sound. Is it a cast iron frame that the reeds mount to? What does that thing weigh?

[Dan Belcher]

That's cool as hell.  Great tone!

[coachdobbs]

I LOVE that tone. How rare are these pianos?

[3bergen]

oh wow, have to start looking for that one!
bought in europe??

[polyvoks]

Rob A : yes this is a kind of cast iron frame , about the weight It's a bit heavier than a wurli 200

coachdobbs : I don't know how many were made because there are some labelled DENON and some labelled COLUMBIA , and it seems that GIBSON did a  model for the US called the MAESTRO piano .
btw it's very rare because it's the only one I've seen , and I'm involved in pianos
for many years now

3bergen :  yes I bought it in europe , in  Switzerland

[Loucas]

Again you suprised all of us ! Thumbs up !

[polyvoks]

it's a pleasure for me to know that you enjoy it  guys

[maestro]

Interesting!

From what i've read as far as clones are concerned - Honer Electra-piano covered the rhodes, and the Elepian copied the wurli. The portable Denon model is a hybrid of the two - notably it includes the pickup system of a rhodes.

I'll post pictures of my newly acquired Maestro soon. The pickup system is different - no wound coil pickups as found in the Denon. Instead there are two metal arms that are positioned at the outside edges of the reed head. I think it's the wurly DC pickup system because it hums and pops if you touch anywhere on the iron frame.

My model needs regulation, new felts, 2 reeds, otherwise its quite clean.