it's a thing of beauty, everything working, just needs bushings tightened and the usual hammer / damper overhaul. 35040 does that make the year 1974(and i take it pre-75 does mean a lot tougher wooden keys)tougher bite??? i just had the good fortune of finding myself a fender rhodes mark 1 73 suitcase here in manila.This electric piano was made by the Fender Rhodes Company in Fullerton, California around 1971-1973.It is a Mark I stage piano, which was produced from 1969-1975.Any & all listings that were posted more than 365 days ago have been deleted so that we can ensure the directory remains up-to-date.If you had a listing which was for an active service, you will need to resubmit it - please do so at your leisure. Over decades of Rhodes production from the 1960’s through the 1980’s the Rhodes piano’s design went through a number of changes that impacted the electric piano’s action and tone.

A 1957 tweed Vibrolux was reported with a tube chart printed with circuit “5E3” (tweed Deluxe) instead of the correct 5F11 (see photo).Even though some of the design and production changes improved upon the previous era, many of the changes were simply cost-cutting measures that negatively impacted the Rhodes’ action and tone.Note: All opinions of the models are based on evaluating the Rhodes after it is professionally setup by our workshop in its ideal state.The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano or simply Fender Rhodes or Rhodes) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became particularly popular throughout the 1970s.Like a piano, it generates sound using keys and hammers, but instead of strings, the hammers strike thin metal tines, which are then amplified via an electromagnetic pickup which is plugged into an external keyboard amplifier and speaker.