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#REDIRECT [[Rocky Mount Instruments]] |
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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]].<ref>{{cite magazine |
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| date = October 7, 1967 |
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| title = RMI Rock-Si-Chord does the whole bit |
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| volume = 79 |
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| issue = 40 |
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| page = 16 |
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| magazine = Billboard |
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| publisher = Billboard Publications, Inc. |
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9ycEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16#v=onepage&q&f=false |
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}}</ref> |
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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 Organ Company|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.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} |
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Composer [[George Crumb]] specifies the use of an electric harpsichord in his 1968 composition "Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death";{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} 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]]" (1969).{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} |
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Orchestrator [[Jonathan Tunick]] used a combined Rock-Si-Chord/Electric Piano in the [[Stephen Sondheim]] musical ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]'' (1970). He considers the instrument now obsolete and recommends the use of a current electric keyboard.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} |
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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]]).{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} |
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== Artists and groups using a Rock-Si-Chord == |
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* Northwind |
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*[[The Band]], played by [[Garth Hudson]] through a [[Telegraph key]] on [[This Wheel's on Fire]] |
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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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*[[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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*[[Mark Welsh]] |
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*[[Wilco]] (on ''[[A Ghost is Born]]'') |
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*[[Edgar Winter]] |
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*[[Steve Winwood]] with [[Blind Faith]] |
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== References == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:Electric and electronic keyboard instruments]] |
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[[Category:Harpsichord]] |
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[[Category:1967 introductions]] |
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{{Electronic-musical-instrument-stub}} |
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