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Welcome to FenderRhodes.com - hosted by <= (01/24/10): Be our fans on Facebook! Taking Donations (01/28/10): If you're a fan of this site and want to contribute to its continuing success, as well as my bus fare or my family's laundry money, you can click the PayPal button or use this link to make your donation (trust me, they really do go to PayPal!). Anything helps, even $5. And of course, a special thanks goes out to everyone who has donated to date!
In the meantime, there is an entire warehouse of pianos that were used for testing parts in the past that is currently costing them unnecessary rent each month. John will be posting these for sale on the Super Site as they each become ready and available. Watch this page for details: http://www.fenderrhodes.com/mk.php First available is John's restored Pre-Piano with the elementary school bench & sustain pedal. Contact James at james@fenderrhodes.com, as I am presently handling online communications for John. Service Tech Bulletin (01/11/10): A new Parts, Service & Repairs system will be launched sometime around April or May of this year. It is extremely important that businesses and individual technicians who are currently listed and want to maintain their listing status read the instructions published in the Service Tech Bulletin, understand and comply with them in order to continue to have their business published on FenderRhodes.com. A copy of this bulletin will be emailed to all contact email addresses currently in the service database in an attempt to ensure that this happens. Discussion Forum Update (12/18/09): The first phase of the Discussion Forum upgrade to phpBB3 was completed a couple of months ago. It doesn't look anything like this site, true, and there's a bunch of old code that needs to be patched in, but it is working! And no, all of the valuable knowledge from the old forum is not lost. Check the Forum Archives for any topics that may need to be resurrected. Please note that all new accounts require administrator approval before they will be activated. Email me at james@fenderrhodes.com once you have completed the registration process to verify your username and the date that you created the account. Otherwise I will assume that an auto-spammer created the account (which happens frequently) and leave it disabled. Robbery! (10/22/09): Major Key founder John R. McLaren surveyed the warehouse recently and determined that a large number of items disappeared during his illness, including:
The Rhodes Home Piano Page (10/20/09): I'm creating an entirely new page under the Models Section exclusively for the legendary 1977 Rhodes Home Piano, which is slowly proving to be less rare than we had originally assumed. Thanks to several owners and techs we have much more information on it now, including the original brochure that came with the piano. Home Piano players unite! Fender Combo Organs (10/05/09): I plan to expand the site with a section on the Fender Contempo, Starmaster & Pedal Bass, but I need much more information in order to do it! So far all I have is from catalogs, magazine ads and Ebay listings, and the Ebay sellers are never interested in actually talking to me about what they have to sell (ironically). If you're the owner of a Contempo or the Pedal Bass (the transistor organ pedals, not the piano), please email me at input@fenderrhodes.com and tell me about it! New Service Listings (09/28/09): I am running behind in updating the Service Listings, so my apologies to the techs who have requested to be added recently. The entire system is being rewritten on the code side, which will slow things down for a while. Blog Updates (07/24/09): For anybody who was ever following my Restoration Blog, I have a lot of back material that I will be adding, along with newer developments. I hope you find it educational, entertaining and enlightening. The quest for peace with this piano never seems to end. Next stop: ebony oil stain for the cabinet.... Service Listings (05/25/09): There were a few bug fixes in the Service Listings today that improved the text formatting and caught certain characters that were being corrupted. Techs are also encouraged to check their listings periodically to ensure that their information is up-to-date and that the comments on the page are good ones! Still In Santa Cruz (04/26/09): I'm done moving but didn't move far...now we're in the Live Oak area of Santa Cruz, closer to the beach and no longer overlooking the AAA parking lot!!! IEEEEE!!!!! (03/20/09): The Web Development world was cursed with the final release of Internet Explorer 8 today, which I have refused to install and/or use for the purpose of testing this site. For the time being if you are using IE8 and run into any problems viewing the content here, please use either IE7 Compatibility Mode (the torn piece of paper button) or a completely different browser (Firefox, Safari or Chrome). Keyboard Magazine Back Issues (03/10/09): I am still searching for an issue of Keyboard where Harold Rhodes is interviewed in the mid- to late-90's (not the one from 1993, which I have). If anybody knows the month and year of this issue, please email me at james@fenderrhodes.com. I appreciate your help. Server Switch Update (03/06/09): I secured a dedicated IP for the site, which should generally improve the situation with my using a large-scale hosting provider. If you find that any of the site's email addresses are bouncing (particularly with Hotmail), treated as spam/junk or not working at all, contact me at fenderhordes@yahoo.com. DISCLAIMERS: This site is in no way affiliated with Fender Musical Instruments, CBS Musical Instruments, the Roland Corporation, the Rhodes Music Corporation, the Harold B. Rhodes Music Foundation or the family of Harold Rhodes. It was developed by and for Fender Rhodes enthusiasts, as a technical and historical resource for owners and players of vintage Rhodes pianos (1959-1984). The Rhodes Service Manual and certain photos used throughout the site were originally published by CBS Musical Instruments. The English translation of "Fender Rhodes: The Piano That Changed the History of Music" was contributed by the author. The Fender, Rhodes and Roland brand names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners, and are not specifically endorsed by the owners of this website. The Service & Repairs listings found in this site are provided free of charge to vintage keyboard parts manufacturers, dealers, repair technicians and service centers. Some postings were submitted directly by the business or individual, while others were recommended by satisfied customers. Please observe and use the rating system, and report suspected abuse to input@fenderrhodes.com. |
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