Very close miced for acoustic harmonics and dissonance, muted with a finger placed delicately on each tine for a thumb piano feel, and through high quality preamps. The pianet was a variant of his earlier reedbased hohner electric piano, the cembalet, which, like the pianet, was intended for home use. Ive created this site because i do own a vintage hohner pianet n and the matching orgaphon. Find downloads, videos, and artists, or join myhohner for discussions, information, and exclusive content. The pale ghost is made from recordings of a broken upright piano convolved in the same way as the plastic piano. Moddart release hohner pianet n for pianoteq musictech. The kurzweil classic keys rom has samples of the hohner pianet plus the rmi and various others. Model t spectral modeled hohner pianet t by sampleson. Mounting the pianet ns orgaphon amplifier cp hohner. Modelt is a funky, mellow and unique collection of 8 instrument racks built on a vintage hohner pianet as the tone generator. The pianet is a type of electromechanical piano built by the hohner company of trossingen, west germany, from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Save hohner pianet to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed.
The pianet was a series of electric pianos built by the hohner company of trossingen, west germany from the 1950s to the 1970s. Hohner pianet t soundfont, kontakt and exs24 soundfont. These are electromechanical pianos, manufactured by hohner from the early sixties until the early eighties. Hohner is a company from germany and it was produced between the 60s and 70s. The pianet t was manufactured by hohner from 1977 to the early 1980s. For over 150 years hohner brings the joy of music making to people all over the world with the best possible instruments. More information order rubber anti vibration tape 5mm. So when a friend and local musician asked me to take a look at his hohner pianet t, my curiosity demanded that i subject my charter to a reevaluation.
The pianet employs foam and leather pads which stick to the tines. This video is a great resource to have to tune your pianet correctly. Somewhere between the jazzy bell tones of the fender rhodes and the biting edge of the wurlitzer 200a, the pianet is a little. Depressing a key causes the sticky pad to pull on the tine, bending it upward and when it lets go, the.
Having never had the pianet legs, i wanted to find a table that matched the aesthetic of the keyboard. It is an option on the pc2 and pc1 series, probably included in the k2500 series but dont know for sure. Pasttofuturereverbs we recently found this lovely electric piano from the 60s in our vault which weve already sampled many years ago with an old akai sampler and paired it. I would only work on rhodes stage pianos and of those, only units i owned. This variation of the pianet does not come with legs. Its a less sophisticated instrument than either of those, but has its own sound and is a lot of fun to play. More information order hohner pianet t reed screw and washer. View and download hohner pianetclavinet duo instruction manual online. Celebrating our 20th year in business new clavinet hammer tips, new pianet t sticky pads and much more. Combo pianet 720526 musical instrument pdf manual download. Audio plugins for all operating systems windows, mac os x, linux, ios and android, tagged as hohner pianet t. Modelt hohner pianet samples and ableton live pack.
Introduction to my hohner pianet n hohner pianet n. Model t spectral modeled hohner pianet t a classic of the late 70s and 80s. Sounds like a fender rhodes, but with a more soft tone. You own a vintage hohner pianet and are looking for information on it.
The hohner pianet m is a popular electric piano and it was one of the best ones that hohner made. Completely restored 1962 i believe hohner pianet n. We recreated the hohner pianet t by spectral modeling, offering the real sound and feel of the simplest electromechanical piano in the history in just 30mb. Electric pianos fender rhodes, wurlitzer, hohner pianet. Originally i was planning on only posting about experiences with keyboards i either currently own or that had passed through my hands recently. Mercy, mercy, mercy played on a vintage hohner pianet t through a polytone keyboard amp. While technically zopp is a duo that consists of ryan stevenson keyboards, mellotron m4000d, hammond organ, arturia analogue synthesizer, korg cx3 organ, piano, hohner pianet t, nord electro 5d, bass and electric guitars, voice, field recordings, percussion and andrea moneta drums and percussion, the album is really a band effort with the. You dont own a vintage hohner pianet, but are still looking for information on it. Hohner offered both keyboards in their range until 1968. All sounds were carefully sampled from the source instrument, a hohner pianet t, using three techniques. It is a german manufactured 19771982 electromechanical piano it is a metal reed type piano and is made by hohner. The pianet was used on the backing track for interplay which i recorded at my house where i also have a piano. I was talking to a coworker today about my lack of storage space, though, and the subject of soft synths came up. View and download hohner combo pianet 720526 general servicing instructions online.
Modartt releases hohner pianet n for pianoteq keyboardmag. Max for cats had a model m pianet from hohner from the late 70searly 80s, one of the best sounding ones around. The sound of the pianet m is from a bunch of metal stings that are plucked by pads that are the inside of the unit and then medal rods connected to the keys so. It has a sound somewhere between the smoothness andor the bark of other top. A series of different versions were in production from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.
It comes in a suitcase style casing and doesnt have any legs or any setting controls whatsoever, so you what you hear is what you get. Explore our product section and find your perfect hohner instrument. Additionally, having never had the original brackets to mount the amplifier properly to the underside of the unit, i needed to go the diy route. Based on the fender rhodes suitcase, fender rhodes mk i and mk ii stage pianos, wurlitzer 200a and hohner pianett, velvet accurately emulates the sound quality, response, and nuances of each original instrument to bring your piano tracks to life. Pianet t 823661 when i set out to work on electric pianos, i established some ground rules for myself. Sound is generated by an array of metal reeds which are plucked by foam pads, which have been impregnated with adhesive actually a proprietary.
This instrument was created by sampling my own hohner pianet t electric piano, serial number 885041. History of the pianet n the electromechanical piano pianet n appeared in 1965 and quickly gained popularity among many pop and rock groups at the time. The hohner pianet t was the simplest of electromechanical pianos of the 70s and 80s. For anyone whos ever wondered how a pianet sounds through a pignose amp. The hohner pianet was one of most popular electric keyboards in the 60s and has an instantly recognizable sound that blended well with electric guitars without drowning.
Unfollow hohner pianet t to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The classic hohner pianet can be heard in hundreds of hit records from the 1960s and 70s. This video shows focuses on tuning, voicing and addressing with common problems. It used reeds to produce sound, much like the wurlitzer.
It was based on reeds and generates a warm, belllike but dark tone. More information order pianet tmduo sticky hammers. There are 23 layers of velocity but using the time machine engine of kontakt these layers are stretched over the entire keyboard range co to c7 which. With built in phaser, eq and two 20 watt preamps its the most advanced of all pianet models. Hohner pianet t electric piano instrument for gigasampler. The beatles, lovin spoonful, roxy music, king crimson, tony banks, christine mcvie.
Mine is a little more humble than a rhodes or wurly. It doesnt have a sustain pedal or an option for one either, so in terms of versatility, youre pretty limited here. Pianet t sergey gorchaninov sound grigory kuzmin audio interface behringer xr18 2016. While recording there was a massive thunderstorm and we decided to leave it on the song along with the instruments. There is a preset called these eyes, specifically emulating the guess who, and another one black friday after steely dan. Hohner pianet t pignose 7100 r schulzkabel skx shure sm58. Effects include the bbe green screamer tube distortion pedal, the. The hohner pianet t was an electric piano manufactured between 1977 and 1982. All of the analysis done by sampleson includes mechanical noises and all the lumps and bumps present in the original instrument. The original didnt have a sustain pedal but this has been added. The pianet used accordion reeds that were plucked with adhesive pads, it was slightly velocity sensitive but like the clavinet it did not feature a sustain mechanism. Mira used the ms20 for the main synth line in watching a building.
The real feel of the classic pianet t in just 35mb. The designer of the early pianet models was ernst zacharias, basing the mechanism closely on a 1920s design by lloyd loar. After searching for years, i found the winsome wood rochester console table. The key action and velocity response are light and sort of spongey, and it doesnt have the fullness of a rhodes or wurly but makes up for it with the. This physically modelled instrument joins the pianet t, electrapiano and clavinet d6 as part of the hohner collection, authorized by hohner. Sampleson spectral model a honer pianet t into the 30mb. Making music has a positive impact on child development. The white piano is a 4 velocity multisample of a hohner pianet t electric piano. Pianetclavinet duo musical instrument pdf manual download. The designer of the early pianet models was ernst zacharias. Sorry for the voice and sniffling, got a bit of a cold.
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