| Electrifying! |
| Mark I Stage Piano, 1971-1973 Maker: Fender-Rhodes Company Fullerton, California |
| "Electronified" pianos were first developed for USO concerts in the 1940s. Harold Rhodes invented his electric piano with hammers but no strings. The plastic hammers strike metal rods and then electric pickups transform the vibrations into electric impulses and send them out as sound through the amplifier and speakers. |
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| DX 7 Electronic Keyboard, 1986 Maker: Yamaha Hamamatsu, Japan |
| In the late twentieth century, the piano's continuing technological development has spun off new musical instruments. These instruments show that electronic keyboards are no longer pianos, since they have neither hammers nor strings. Keys activate sounds digitally programmed on microchips and the sound can be heard only through an amplifier or earphones. However, the keyboard has not changed. |
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| Triton Electronic Keyboard, 1999 Maker: Korg Melville, New York |
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| XP-80 Electronic Keyboard, 1999 Maker: Roland Corporation Hamamatsu, Japan |
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