An unrestored Combo Pianet from about 1976. Photo: Docrobbie, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Hohner
Hohner Combo Pianet
Discontinued 1977Released 1972
The gigging Pianet: no legs, no lid, a volume knob on the top and a case you could actually carry to the van. Built for the stage rather than the front room.
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer
- Hohner
- Status
- Discontinued
- Released
- 1972
Keyboard
- Keys
- 61
- Key action
- Synth-action
- Aftertouch
- None
- Keybed
- 61 lightly sprung unweighted keys, F1-F6; each key lifts a pad off its reed rather than striking it
Sound
- Tone source
- Reeds
- Sound engine
- Electro-mechanical: a sticky leather pad lifts off a ground steel reed as the key is pressed, plucking it, and the vibration is read by a variable-capacitance (electrostatic) pickup. There are no dampers, so a note rings until the pad drops back onto the reed.
- Polyphony
- Full polyphony (61 notes)
- Features
- Portable case, no legs, Knob volume control, No sustain pedal
Connections
- Outputs
- 1/4-inch unbalanced