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[RhodesMkII81]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB6XpWUCHcE

For those of you who'd watched every episode of the Sally Jessy Raphael talk show between 1989 and 1993, for those of you who studied the song well ("Sally... She Opens Your Eyes"), my question is this: Is it true that the electric piano sound I'm hearing in this theme song is either a "DX7 Rhodes" (a name given to the infamous Yamaha DX7 "E. Piano 1" patch) or the same instrument plus an acoustic grand piano mixed in, or if it might even be a real Rhodes EP with the "Dyno My Piano" modifier (as heard on a few early Whitney Houston ballads like "Saving All My Love for You" and "Greatest Love of All")?

The music was composed by Dan Radlauer, so I can hope my question will be directed to him if he's still alive.

~Ben

[pianotuner steveo]

To me it sounds like an early digital sample of an acoustic piano midi'd with something else like a synth or string sound. I don't really hear a Rhodes sound, but the quality is poor. I never watched that show so I've never heard it before now.

I totally missed the boat on DX7's .  Never liked their sound and could not figure out why they were so popular.
My first real ( non ep) keyboard was an Ensoniq.

[The Real MC]

Doesn't sound at all like rhodes or DX7 EP.  Definitely a layered sound.

I too passed the boat on DX7, never liked the sound of those things.  I preferred analog synths and I bought 'em cheap when everybody was dumping them to buy DX7s and D-50s.

[pianotuner steveo]

I've never owned any synth!