From organbarry@gmail.com Fri Mar 25 06:54:16 2011
Subject:Re: Al Kooper

That's a Vox Continental with a Hohner Pianet N on top, or it might be a
Hohner Cembalet N - the Pianet's rarer cousin - both were electric
pianos that used vibrating reeds for sound
>
> Yeah, Stevie got the Clav out there with 'Superstition',
> so can someone identify this keyboard?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-y-50RW5Ng
>
> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> , goffmac747@... wrote:
> >
> > ah ok. its something about a string being muted then...never had one
> > long enough to know the internals but it has its key feel all to
> > itself..
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel Forró
> > To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 4:36 pm
> > Subject: Re: Al Kooper (was: Re: [CWSG] Joey D talking KeyB)
> >
> > Strings are not plucked on clavinet, they start to sound after they
> > are pressed to the soundboard by tangent. It's electro-acoustic
> > clavichord, not harpsichord. There's a big difference between
> > clavichord and harpsichord. Clavichord has some dynamics, and during
> > tone sounding it's even possible to make a vibrato a little bit.
> > Harpsichord has no dynamics and after plucking the string performer
> > can't make anything with the sound.
> >
> > Daniel Forro
> >
> > On Mar 25, 2011, at 4:34 AM, goffmac747@... wrote:
> >
> > > Yes. A clavinet. Another of those iconic sounds. I never owned one,
> > > always wanted one though..Its another approach altogether learning to
> > > key one of those because it had strings in the board that were