[sdiy] OT:Rhodes Super Site down, intellectual property, etc

[rkmoore at memphis.edu]

Well, I do consider myself an "EP" purist.  I don't like lugging the 
rhodes around, but I hope to always have one to play at home and 
record with.  The idea of building a new rhodes is exciting, but 
ridiculous, I think.  I would guess that a new rhodes would have to 
cost $3000 USD or more to cover expenses.  A handful of studios and 
individuals would buy them anyway, but I'm in the much larger group 
that would instead buy a decent used one for a few hundred and then 
spend the other $2500 on other equipment.  I the end, more rhodes 
pianos will stay in service if the service info is generally available 
than if new pianos are built.

Richard Moore

----- Original Message -----
From: Glen <mclilith at charter.net>
Date: Saturday, March 26, 2005 11:51 pm
Subject: RE: [sdiy] OT:Rhodes Super Site down, intellectual property, 
etc

> At 12:37 AM 3/27/2005 , Tim Parkhurst wrote:
> 
> >Okay, we know retro sounds are definitely in vogue, but how many 
> brand new
> >Rhodes pianos does this guy think he's going to be able to sell?
> 
> You raise a good point. If this is this fellow's primary business, I
> suspect he will have a hard time making decent profit margins. 
> Maybe he'll
> have the new Rhodes manufactured in China and keep costs way 
> down?. Maybe
> the Rhodes piano line is just a stepping stone on the way to 
something
> larger, or a small piece of an already established and profitable 
> business?I'm sure that some people would love to have a new Rhodes 
> EP. I just don't
> know how many people that is.
> 
> I'm not an EP purist, and I suspect that a lot of others aren't as 
> well. As
> long as I have some half-decent synth patches with a similar 
> sound, I'm
> happy. I don't need the same keyboard action as the original, nor 
> the exact
> duplication of every nuance and artifact of the original. It will be
> interesting to see how many die-hard fans the Rhodes name has, once
> production starts again.
> 
> 
> take care,
> Glen
>