Mike Pinder appears to be playing a Hohner Pianet (years ago, I wrote about a slightly better quality picture of it), so the video seems to confirm a suspicion I had earlier this year after listening to the fiftieth anniversary edition of The Magnificent Moodies (for only the second time): Pinder played Pianet on "Lose Your Money (But Don't Lose Your Mind)." It's a bit buried in the mix, though.
Saturday, September 12, 2026
The Moody Blues' "Lose Your Money (But Don't Lose Your Mind)"
Last week, Denny Laine's Instagram account posted a video of the Moody Blues miming to "Lose Your Money (But Don't Lose Your Mind)" on Ready Steady Go! in 1964.
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Saturday, May 16, 2026
The Zombies' Hohner Pianet
This picture of Rod Argent and his Pianet (the C model, I think) was recently posted on the Zombies' Instagram account. The caption claims that this was the 1964 session at Decca when "She's Not There" was recorded, although I'm a bit skeptical of this. A second post (with this picture and various others) shows Chris White with his Gibson bass, which he got after the "She's Not There" session. In this video, he explains that he used a homemade bass on "She's Not There."
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Fleetwood Mac's "Spare Me a Little of Your Love"
Recently, the Reelin' in the Years archive uploaded a video of Fleetwood Mac performing "Spare Me a Little of Your Love," from the same 1975 concert that I've posted about before (specifically "Station Man" and "Rhiannon"). Christine McVie plays organ for roughly the first half of the song but then switches to Hohner Pianet N:
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Manfred Mann's "The One in the Middle"
I recently listened to Manfred Mann's Live at the BBC 64-66 and remembered that there's Hohner Pianet in "The One in the Middle" (although it's actually not in the live version on the album). I'd figured out the part almost five years ago, and I finally wrote it out in notation last week. It's basically just this ostinato figure (played an octaver lower than written):
There are some small differences at the beginning of the song (where, after a two-measure introduction, this figure is absent for the first two measures of the first verse) and in the instrumental section (where the figure continues throughout instead of the rests in measures seven, eight, fifteen, and sixteen). The figure in the ninth measure is repeated a number of times as a coda until the song resolves.
This part (played as written, not an octave lower) is also doubled on guitar, which is usually more prominent than the Pianet.
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon"
I recently watched some Fleetwood Mac videos on YouTube, and among the recommended videos was a live version of "Rhiannon" from the same 1975 performance as "Station Man," which I posted about last year. Although she's not shown very much in the video, Christine McVie is playing a Hohner Pianet N.
(Just as a warning: during the guitar solo, there are some really fast edits, which can be a bit unsettling.)
I'm pretty sure the studio recording of "Rhiannon" doesn't have Pianet, though. It sounds like a Fender Rhodes to me.
Saturday, May 3, 2025
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