Hohner
Hohner Cembalet
Discontinued 1970Released 1958
Ernst Zacharias's first electro-mechanical keyboard for Hohner, and the instrument the Pianet grew out of. Plucked reeds again, but harder and more harpsichord-like, which is where the name came from. Rare now, and mostly of interest as the missing first step.
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer
- Hohner
- Status
- Discontinued
- Released
- 1958
Keyboard
- Keys
- 61
- Key action
- Synth-action
- Aftertouch
- None
- Keybed
- 61 keys, F-F
Sound
- Tone source
- Reeds
- Sound engine
- Electro-mechanical: a plectrum plucks a metal reed as the key is released back, and an electrostatic pickup reads the vibration. The Pianet's mechanism in its first form.
- Polyphony
- Full polyphony (61 notes)
- Features
- Plucked reeds, Electrostatic pickup, No sustain pedal
Connections
- Outputs
- 1/4-inch unbalanced