It’s amazing how you can go blindly on sometimes, thinking something is that, when it’s this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34afWRQ5_-c
It’s the sound I have in my head when I think "Rhodes" but it’s not, it’s a Pinanet T, it’s sound I’ve been after for years, and not realising it was this, it’s a lot softer than a Rhodes, and doesn’t have that f*****g tine noise, that I always have to EQ out.
This is bad, really bad, as they are rarer than a MK1 Rhodes.
Getting the wrong end of the stick
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Re: Getting the wrong end of the stick
There's one on Reverb right now, in London, £1500.
https://reverb.com/uk/p/hohner-pianet-t-1977
And on ebay, also London (might be the same one, £1200
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28518537159 ... R6KpwsbeYQ
https://reverb.com/uk/p/hohner-pianet-t-1977
And on ebay, also London (might be the same one, £1200
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28518537159 ... R6KpwsbeYQ
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In my world, things get less strange when I read the manual...
Re: Getting the wrong end of the stick
I do enjoy these homely, not-trying-to-be-slick vids on YT. (People who start their vids with any loud noises should, of course, be taken outside and shot...loudly.)
A quick CTRL F through some manuals tells me that the late Steve Howell sampled the Pianet for his Hollow Sun libraries, so I have 2 "Pianette" samples on my Alesis Fusion.
He also sampled something called a "Vocks Conti", and a "FarCheeza", he he. Good old Steve.
A quick CTRL F through some manuals tells me that the late Steve Howell sampled the Pianet for his Hollow Sun libraries, so I have 2 "Pianette" samples on my Alesis Fusion.
He also sampled something called a "Vocks Conti", and a "FarCheeza", he he. Good old Steve.
Re: Getting the wrong end of the stick
Hugh Robjohns wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:08 am There's one on Reverb right now, in London, £1500.
https://reverb.com/uk/p/hohner-pianet-t-1977
And on ebay, also London (might be the same one, £1200
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28518537159 ... R6KpwsbeYQ
Thanks a lot for that Hugh, I’d like to try these obviously, I’ve not done reverb before, but I’ve got an EBay account, I’ll log in and send him a message.
Wu Wei
Re: Getting the wrong end of the stick
FrankF wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:36 am I do enjoy these homely, not-trying-to-be-slick vids on YT. (People who start their vids with any loud noises should, of course, be taken outside and shot...loudly.)
A quick CTRL F through some manuals tells me that the late Steve Howell sampled the Pianet for his Hollow Sun libraries, so I have 2 "Pianette" samples on my Alesis Fusion.
He also sampled something called a "Vocks Conti", and a "FarCheeza", he he. Good old Steve.
Of course, there is a side of me that wants to avoid vintage hardware, and thinks samples may be the more reliable and maintenance free way to go.

Wu Wei
Re: Getting the wrong end of the stick
Before you head off at another tangent... are you absolutely sure that the sound you have in your head isn't yet a Wurlitzer EP200?
Rhodes, Pianet and EP (and even Crumar Roadrunner) have been confused constantly over the decades.
Rhodes, Pianet and EP (and even Crumar Roadrunner) have been confused constantly over the decades.
An Eagle for an Emperor, A Kestrel for a Knave.
Re: Getting the wrong end of the stick
Well, the sound of the Pianet T sounds like it’s the one, the Wurly is a bit too over blown if you know what I mean, the Pianet has that tightness, without being so spikey, it’s about right, I know you can manipulate Rhodes beyond beyond, and gets loads of sounds, but the Pianet just seems to have it straight there.
I’d like to try one first, of course, another reason to go to that blokes studio.
Wu Wei
Re: Getting the wrong end of the stick
Tony, listen to the Pianet Sample library on pianobook https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/hohner-pianet-t/. I’ve got this and it’s very characterful. I had a Pianet back in the day. Sound was nice, playing it was awful as I recall…..
Ian
Ian