Sunday, April 23, 2023

Super Mario Bros. Theme

The Chicago Electric Piano Co. recently posted a video of the Super Mario Bros. theme played on three Pianet Ts:

Sunday, April 16, 2023

Fleetwood Mac's Hohner Pianets

I'd read that Christine McVie used Hohner Pianet in Fleetwood Mac, but I'm not very familiar with the band and couldn't point out any specific songs that feature Pianet.  Recently, though, I learned that The Midnight Special has a YouTube channel, and I watched the Fleetwood Mac appearances, partially to look for Pianets.  Currently, the channel has videos of eight songs the band performed over the span of about four years, and I found two that definitely feature Pianet.

"Believe Me" on 2 November 1973, with a Pianet N:


"Rhiannon" on 27 February 1976, with a Combo Pianet:

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Schubert: Entr'acte No. 3 Andantino from Rosamunde, D. 797

 

On the Hohner Clavinet demonstration record, there's an arrangement of this piece for solo keyboard.  I did an arrangement from flutetunes using the "A" voice of Nord's Clavinet D6 sound (with the Twin amp model) and the Hohner String Melody II sample.  It's a bit of a departure from my Hohner Pianet project, but I felt it was warranted.