I think I have seen a Hohner Pianet N on top of the Mellotron used by David Cross in some of those period piccies. I have a love/hate relationship with Pianets. Great sound, crap to play. msw x ________________________________ > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com > From: tomdcour@amnh.org > Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:44:14 -0400 > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] King Crimson's Exiles-piano or Tron? > > > I’ve seen it sitting on top of his mellotron in 73-74- I remember thinking it was a Hohner pianet but I could be wrong. > I used to play my Rhodes through a roland funny cat that did fuzz and harmonic shifts-fun. > > > I remember seeing Fripp play what looked to be an Italian electronic > piano or some other small keyboard sometimes run through a fuzzbox. > That was during the Larks's Tongue tour. On the recordings I have > heard what sounds very much like a Rhodes through distortion box ( a > classic and rarely discussed technique, killer on power chords). > > best > > gino > > On 7/24/08, Mike Dickson > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Andy Thompson wrote: >> >> KC pedant mode on: >> >> Mark Charig didn't play the cello on Red. In fact Sid Smith never managed >> to find out who played it, although he managed to talk to almost everyone >> else who has ever been involved with the band. >> >> KC pedant mode off: >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Mark Pring >> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:22 AM >> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] King Crimson's Exiles-piano or Tron? >> >> >> >> Right for once, it was a real piano played by John Wetton and not credited. >> >> Mark >> >> >> Lots of uncredited stuff on those albums - David Cross' flute parts, also to >> be heard on live stuff from the period (confirmed by DC, FWIW), Marc >> Charig's cello on 'Red'... >> >> Andy T. >> >> >> -- >> Mike Dickson, Edinburgh >> >> Free Music Project: http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Dickson >> Or http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/ >> >> >> > > > _________________________________________________________________ Invite your Facebook friends to chat on Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/101719649/direct/01/
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RE: [newmellotrongroup] King Crimson's Exiles-piano or Tron?
2008-07-25 by Mark Wallis