Rhodes Mark V Stage 73
Discontinued 1985Released 1984
Harold Rhodes's last and best: wooden keys again, a better action with redesigned dampers for more dynamic range, and a moulded plastic body that brought the weight down to about 45kg. Made for barely a year before the factory closed, so they are scarce and priced accordingly.
Replaced by Mark 7 73
Replaces Mark II Stage 73
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer
- Rhodes
- Status
- Discontinued
- Released
- 1984
Keyboard
- Keys
- 73
- Key action
- Hammer-action
- Aftertouch
- None
- Keybed
- 73 wooden keys with a revised action and dampers that let the tines ring more freely
Sounds
- Sections
- Electric piano
- Drawbars
- None
- Sound engine
- Electromechanical: hammer-struck steel tines and tonebars read by electromagnetic pickups; passive
- Organ models
- None
- Polyphony
- Full polyphony (73 notes)
Connections
- Outputs
- 1/4-inch unbalanced
- Pedal inputs
- Sustain (mechanical)
Features
- Features
- Moulded plastic body, One-piece collapsible stand, Lightest vintage Rhodes, MIDI version prototyped only
Size & weight
- Colours
- Black
- Weight
- 45 kg
Heard on
Artists and records that used it, as Rhodes tells it.
- Chick Corea, Chick Corea Elektric Band – One of three MIDI-equipped Mark V prototypes, driving a Yamaha TX816
