The Fender Rhodes

By: Maria Elisa Ayerbe Barona

THE FENDER RHODES

1. Discussion of the instrument:

The Fender Rhodes electric piano is one of the most important musical inventions of the twentieth century. Harold Rhodes, a musician who worked as a flying instructor stationed in Greensboro, NC during the WWII, was asked to develop a musical therapy for wounded soldiers at the hospital. Rhodes designed a small piano that could be played in bed by the recovering patients. (Adlers) (more…)