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The '''Rock-Si-Chord''' (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Rocksichord or Roxichord){{citation needed|date=December 2013|reason=A citation supporting the claim that "Rock-Si-Chord" is the correct spelling (proving a positive) would be preferable.}} is an [[electronic keyboard]] invented in 1967 to approximate the sound of the [[harpsichord]]. As its name suggests, it was intended primarily for use in [[rock music]], where a standard acoustic harpsichord would be drowned out. |
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The Rock-Si-Chord, manufactured by [[Rocky Mount Instruments]] (RMI), a division of Allen Organs Inc, was a solid-state instrument using one or two transistor oscillators per key, and was the first example of a type of instrument generally known as the [[electronic piano]] (contrast [[electric piano]]). Later RMI instruments also included piano sounds. |
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The prototype Rock-Si-Chord gave the [[Philadelphia]] [[psychedelic rock]] band The [[Mandrake Memorial]] their signature sound. |
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Composer [[George Crumb]] specifies the use of an electric harpsichord in his 1968 composition ''Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death''; however, he does not specifically call in the score for a Rock-Si-Chord, and thus it could also refer to a [[Electric_piano#Other_electric_keyboard_instruments|Baldwin Combo Harpsichord]], an electromechanical instrument dating from the same era. |
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Around the same time Terry Riley used a Rock-Si-Chord, among other keyboard instruments, in his piece ''[[A Rainbow in Curved Air]]''. |
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Orchestrator Jonathan Tunick used a combined Rock-Si-Chord/Electric Piano in the Stephen Sondheim musical "Company" (1970). He considers the instrument now obsolete and recommends the use of a current electric keyboard. |
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Later notable examples include the 1990s band [[Quasi]], but it has also been used in jazz (by [[Call Cobbs, Jr.]] and [[Sun Ra]]). |
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==Artists and groups using a Rock-Si-Chord== |
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*[[The Band]], played by [[Garth Hudson]] through a [[Telegraph key]] on [[This Wheel's on Fire (song)]] |
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*[[The Beach Boys]] (on ''[[Sunflower (The Beach Boys album)|Sunflower]]'') |
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*[[Chevy Chase]]'s [[Chamaeleon Church]] |
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*[[Call Cobbs, Jr.]] |
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*[[Sam Coomes]] with [[Quasi]] |
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*[[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] |
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*[[Dr. John]] |
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*[[Michael Kamen]] |
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*[[John Lennon]] |
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*[[Magic Hero vs Rock People]] |
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*[[Mandrake Memorial]] |
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*[[New York Rock and Roll Ensemble]] |
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*[[Terry Riley]] (on ''[[A Rainbow in Curved Air]]'') |
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*[[Stereolab]] (on ''[[Sound-Dust]]'') |
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*[[Sun Ra]] |
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*[[Rick Wakeman]] (solo and with [[Yes (band)|Yes]]) |
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*[[Wilco]] (on ''[[A Ghost is Born]]'') |
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*[[Edgar Winter]] |
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==See also== |
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*[[Harpsichord]] |
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[[Category:Electric and electronic keyboard instruments]] |
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[[Category:Harpsichord]] |
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