--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, MAinPsych@... wrote:
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
>only thing
> Almost forgot to nominate the infamous Hohner Pianet. It was the
> our keyboard player had in the early '70's and I absolutely hated it,with backing from
> particularly when we played "Won't Get Fooled Again". Power chords
> the neighborhood ice cream truck!I remember playing a Hohner Pianet T a few times, many years ago. The
>
> Frank 1
>
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