I have a Fender Rhodes MkI and inside along with the serial# it has 3979
marked. When I was getting it serviced the guy working on it told me this
translated to a manufacture date of September 3rd 1979. Don't know whether
this is correct or not and anyway as they were manufactured in the USA this
would probably translate to 9th March '79. Which reminds me, I may have just
missed it's 18th Birthday!
Hope this helps in some small way, and you're right - it is a lovely instrument.
Al.
At 08:50 AM 19/3/97 +0100, you wrote:
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>To interrupt the weird mail-bombing of "Ringo mail", I would like to talk
>about something completely diffrent...
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>Anyone know when the "Fender Rhodes Mark I" and the "Fender Rhodes Mark
>II" were manufactured?
>Probably in the early 70's or in the end of the 60's, but I want the exact
>years.
>I have also heard that Frank Zappa was one of the first musicians to use
>the Rhodes on a recording... but who is the very first user?
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>It's quite hard to find serious information about that lovely instrument
>that almost every "Acidjazzer" are familiar with. I have visited the page
>with the Rhodes technical manual, but I didn't find the answers to the
>questions above.
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>/Andreas
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