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.

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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.

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."

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Manfred Mann's "Sticks and Stones" and "Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)"

Recently, Reelin' in the Years uploaded a video in which Manfred Mann (the band) performs "Sticks and Stones" and "Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)."  Manfred Mann (the man) is playing an early model Hohner Pianet:

The date is given simply as 1964, but a banner in the video says, "New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert," which, according to numerous internet sources, occurred on 26 April 1964.

I closely examined the woodgrain of the Pianet and discovered that it's the same instrument seen in this picture dated 10 August 1964:

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This is the instrument that, if my analysis is correct, Mann had modified so that he could adjust the volume with a Vox pedal instead of the knee-control lever that the Pianet came with.