Rhodes electric pianos: which one is best?

Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 10 Jun 2007 5:11 pm

Wow. In the early 70's I had a D-3 and a leslie cabinet. You could pull the drawbars to make it sound almost like a B. While the D is gone, I still have the leslie cabinet.

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 10 Jun 2007 5:36 pm

Ken,that leslie sounds great on steel also.

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 10 Jun 2007 5:37 pm

A D-3? Never heard of it. C3 maybe? A100 series with a Leslie? RT-3?

Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 10 Jun 2007 7:12 pm

Never the less, I was told it was a D-3. It had been cut down and had folding legs, no bass pedals. It was still heavier than one man could lift. It took two of us to carry it.

My leslie is a 175, purchased separately. It still works tho it has a lot of hum.

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 10 Jun 2007 9:44 pm

Aha...a cut-down. I don't think they ever really had a model number, since almost all of them were done by aftermarket shops. Never really made any sense to me. They're still heavy - a B3's cabinet only weighs about 50 lbs - and when you'd turn a cutdown on it's side for transport all the oil would seep out of the generator.

Steel thru a Leslie is way cool...good thing you hung onto it.