This instrument was presented at the NAMM convention in 1946. When the war ended, Rhodes manufactured an amplified 38-key electric version of his original instrument called the ‘Pre-Piano,’ with pickups for every tone bar, built-in tube amplifier and speakers. Rhodes used these as tuning forks for a 2½ octave (29 keys) acoustic piano instrument that resembled a xylophone.
The instrument was built with parts of aluminum tubes from a dismantled B-17 bomber plane which produced a special resonance. Rhodes designed a small piano that could be played in bed by the recovering patients. 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. The Fender Rhodes electric piano is one of the most important musical inventions of the twentieth century. Empowering the Next Generation of Women in Audio Join Us The Fender Rhodes
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