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----- Original Message -----From: Tony SwettenhamSent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 2:13 AMSubject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Top 10 Worst Keyboards--- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com, MAinPsych@.. . wrote:
>
> Almost forgot to nominate the infamous Hohner Pianet. It was the
only thing
> our keyboard player had in the early '70's and I absolutely hated it,
> particularly when we played "Won't Get Fooled Again". Power chords
with backing from
> the neighborhood ice cream truck!
>
> Frank 1
>
I remember playing a Hohner Pianet T a few times, many years ago. The
sound wasn't ∗too∗ bad compared to some, but the feel was hideous. I
remember reading somewhere that it had a somewhat Heath
Robinson-sounding 'suction-based' action (suction pads plucking metal
reeds as the keys were pressed), which doesn't altogether surprise me.
And who can forget the Gem (?) foldaway 'Insta-Piano' ? Well, I nearly
did - maybe the one I once borrowed was a duff one but that one
certainly had all the character and clarity of cotton wool, only less
well-tuned. Perhaps there might just be better examples of that in
existence but I've yet to encounter one!
Tony S
M400S # 581