Rhodes Stage 61
CurrentReleased 2025
A back-to-basics 61-note Rhodes: MK8 tines, pickups, hammers and Kluge-made action in a passive Stage-style case with just volume and tone. No power, no preamp, one jack out, and at 26kg it goes where a 73 never would. Sixty-one notes is short for left-hand bass, so it suits players who comp rather than play the whole range.
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer
- Rhodes
- Status
- Current
- Released
- 2025
Keyboard
- Keys
- 61
- Key action
- Hammer-action
- Aftertouch
- None
- Keybed
- 61-note Rhodes spruce keyboard on an oak and beech frame, same action parts as the MK8
Sounds
- Sections
- Electric piano
- Drawbars
- None
- Sound engine
- Electromechanical: hammer-struck steel tines and tonebars read by electromagnetic pickups; fully passive, no power required
- Organ models
- None
- Polyphony
- Full polyphony (61 notes)
Connections
- Outputs
- 1/4-inch unbalanced
- Pedal inputs
- Sustain (mechanical)
Features
- Features
- Passive volume and tone controls, No power supply needed, Twist-lock cable sustain pedal from the MK8, Tolex wooden case, ABS lid, Launch Edition: 61 units, khaki lid with racing decals, Case design by Axel Hartmann
Size & weight
- Colours
- Black, Khaki
- Dimensions (W × D × H)
- 1012 × 570 × 233 mm
- Weight
- 26 kg
More from Rhodes
Discontinued 1969- Keys
- 73
- Key action
- Hammer-action
- Sections
- Electric piano
- Drawbars
- None
—1965