Render from Modartt's Hohner Collection for Pianoteq, authorised by Hohner. Photo: © Modartt, via Modartt, trimmed and resized.
Hohner
Hohner Pianet T
Discontinued 1983Released 1977
The rethink, and the one to own. Zacharias replaced the sticky pads with silicone and the electrostatic pickup with a magnetic one, which killed the two things everybody hated: pads that perished into glue and a mechanism that needed power. The T is entirely passive, so it works with nothing but a jack lead and an amp. Mellower and rounder than the N, with less of the bite.
Replaces Pianet N II
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer
- Hohner
- Status
- Discontinued
- Released
- 1977
Keyboard
- Keys
- 60
- Key action
- Synth-action
- Aftertouch
- None
- Keybed
- 60 lightly sprung unweighted keys, F-E; each key lifts a pad off its reed rather than striking it
Sound
- Tone source
- Reeds
- Sound engine
- Electro-mechanical: silicone pads pluck rolled spring-steel reeds, read by an electromagnetic pickup. Warmer and softer than the sticky-pad models, and far less temperamental, because the pads do not perish.
- Polyphony
- Full polyphony (60 notes)
- Features
- Passive, no power needed, Silicone pads that do not perish, No sustain pedal
Connections
- Outputs
- 1/4-inch unbalanced