Wurlitzer Piano S Full Of Termites

Later, in the 50s, the Wurlitzer Company bought the patent of the invention of Meissner, finally changed the strings of the piano for the (now) famous metal reeds and, in 1955, the first Wurlitzer electronic piano was put on the market.

The piano also has a sustain pedal that also functions in a simple manner: a lever pressed by the foot creates tension in a cable that in turn triggers a mechanism similar to the sustain pedal of a traditional piano.

The Wurlitzer model 200 appeared in 1968 and the 200A (the best known of several models made by the company) in 1972.

The 200A is lighter than previous models (a little over 56 lbs.) without the legs, without case and without the pedal.

The extension of the 200A keyboard is 64 notes, ranging from A (equivalent to the second A of conventional piano) to C (equivalent to the penultimate C of a conventional piano).

The manufacture of the 200A lasted until 1982 and it was sold in black and green colors (there are some 200A in white, like those used by Supertramp, the Beach Boys and the Carpenters, but these were customized versions on request, were not usually marketed).

In 1978 came also the 200B model, but these new piano did not have many innovations.

It was visually identical to the 200A, but could be powered with a rechargeable battery.

Ive never seen in Brazil none of the other models, although I know about 10 people (including this astronaut who writes here) that have a 200A.

Many artists and bands used (and still use) a Wurlitzer piano, I can give an almost infinite list of recordings.

The worlds most famous are Supertramp (the sound of the piano is often confused with the sound of the band itself as we can hear in classical tunes like The logical song, Dreamer and Breakfast in America, among many others.

I bought my Wurlitzer 200A from a citizen whose name I do not remember, I think it was Edson - or Edson the name of his bands guitarist, who was present at the time I picked up the piano.

I know they both played together in a very famous band in Rio Grande do Sul called Musical Impacto.

I bought in 1997, while recording the album Era uma vez um gato xadrez of Acreticine Atray, a band that I played at the time.

I remember that I recorded my piano in a song or two, as we were finishing the recordings.

At the time I came to take him to some shows, both of Acretinice and other bands and artists that I played with.

Wurlitzer Piano S Full Of Termites

When I bought it, the piano was full of termites and I disassembled it entirely to reform and paint again I already bought without knob vibrato with one or two blades broken, but many more have been breaking over the years.

It is hard to find (both as a Wurlitzer reeds round) but I found a store in the U.S.A that sells reeds and another parts from Wurlitzer piano (and Rhodes) by the internet so I bought the missing reeds and the knob too (the photos you can see here were taken before I put the knob I bought).

In my opinion, it is one of the most curious and innovative instruments made before the invention of the synthesizer, creating the concept that years later would lead to full automation and synchronization between musical instruments (and the whole concept of MIDI) - Wurlitzer was very well known for its pipe organs and jukeboxes before becoming world famous for the electronic pianos.

The first artist to record with a Wurlitzer was the mad jazz musician Sun Ra (in 1956) and the first artist of international fameto record with one was Ray Charles, on his song What Id say (in 1959).

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