Things to Come

In the next couple weeks look out for a couple of new products from Vintage Vibe including..

Fender Rhodes New Stereo Pre Amp

Fender Rhodes New Dampers

and much more.

Sigma Rhodes

We are very forunate to now have a Fender Rhodes piano from Sigma Studios - used on many classic Philly Soul records. Chris is a huge Philly soul fan so he is very excited to own such a piece of history. Look out for some pictures and maybe even videos of the piano in the near future.

News and Updates

We're staying very busy here at Vintage Vibe with repairs as well as a top secret project we have going on.

We have a couple vintage items on eBay at the moment including a Roland Jet Phaser (which is the same pedal used on "Who's that lady?" by the Isley Brothers.

In effort to get with the times (kind of ironic for a company with "vintage" in the name) we have set up a twitter account (twitter.com/vintagevibekeys) as well as a page on facebook where you can get news and updates straight to your favorite social networking site. We are also on myspace at myspace.com/vintagevibekeyboards .

2009: Year In Review

2009 was a crazy year for everyone in terms of the economy, job stability and an over all fear of the unknown which consumed most everyone. We are so very grateful for the clients that have chosen to spend their money with Vintage Vibe, we know it means a lot to you and it certainly means a lot to us.

Luckily we are still growing as a company even in these uncertain times. We have been trying our hardest to be on the cutting edge and push ahead while not resting on our laurels. We will have some great new products for everyone this year which will ensure the future of these pianos.

Speaking of ensuring the future of these pianos, we have spent an incredible amount of time offering our free video tips on youtube.com for everyone to learn from. This is one way Vintage Vibe is keeping these great electric pianos alive and kicking. As long as there are people learning this craft, they will never die. We also will be there to offer our excellent quality parts to everyone.

We have had so many great customers this year who have trusted us with their piano. I can honestly say it was a great learning experience for us and that you never stop learning with every step you take.

We did major work for Steely Dan this year for their world tour; we completely refurbished 3 of Donald Fagen's 88 Suitcase Pianos. One was a Fender Rhodes and the other two were Rhodes pianos. We did our best and the finished products were spectacular. We spent 3 full weeks on these pianos with 3 techs on each one. We also did a Wurlitzer 146 and a Clavinet D6 for Donald.
Norah Jones had brought us her Wurlitzer 206 in for repair and it very much needed it; we rebuilt it and then custom built her 3 sustain pedals with extra long cables so she could stand up and play. You can see these on her David Letterman performance on youtube.com

Ani Difranco trusted us with here Wurlitzer 200A for her tour and then invited us to her Philadelphia Electric Factory show as well as her NYC Town Hall show. We spent a day up at the Conan O'Brian show with Canada's great Chromeo; that was really fun. Let's see...off the top of my head we met some great new clients- Man Man, Nate Walcott of Bright Eyes, Phish, Duncan Sheik, and so many more.

This year Vintage Vibe has adopted a policy of giving back. Children's charities are close to my heart as there is nothing more innocent than a child. To see or hear of a child that is suffering just rips my heart out. This is why Vintage Vibe gives every month (as well as the profits from our Rhodes Repair Video) to two Charities, one being the Hole in the Wall Camp, which was started by Paul Newman and offers, free of charge, the experience of a lifetime for seriously or terminally ill children. They are invited to sleep over the camp with a medical facility at hand. Most of these kids would never have this opportunity without this wonderful charity. Please look into it for yourself. Another is the famous St. Jude's children hospital and they are on the forefront of cancer treatment and no child is ever denied due to money.

We truely believe in order to be rich or fulfilled you need to give; even if you only have 2 pennies, give one away. It will come back to you ten fold. Just go out and give freely and see how it feels!

See you in 2010, we have a huge suprise awaiting everyone!!

Thanks

Vintage Vibe is now number 1 in google for Rhodes Parts! Thank you all for making Vintage Vibe your go to source for your Vintage Keyboard needs!

We have been very busy the last few months working on a very special project. Be sure to look forward to that in the near future, we are all very excited about it.

On another note, we have sold out of the first 1000 of our new Wurlitzer reeds in 6 months time. We had nothing but positive responce about these reeds which we are extremly pleased about. We are waiting for our new batch now from our Manufacturer.

We are constantly manufacturing new parts for these old keyboards, this helps preserve old ones from becoming parts pianos. This also allows us to keep our prices down but manufacturing in quantity.

We just did more Work for Norah Jones for her upcoming promotions and world tour, we refurbished her Wurlitzer 206. We also custom made her 3 new Wurlitzer sustain pedals.
We also just refurbished a Wurlitzer 200A for Ani DiFranco for her current tour, they were very pleased with the piano as it had not been keeping up very well.

All I can say is thanks to all of our friends and customers that make it all happen here at Vintage Vibe. We are busting to tell everyone what we are up to but we have to keep it in the bag until it is unveiled.

Peace and happiness-

Chris, Bryan, Adam, Fred, Greg

Restorations

We have a few piano restorations for sale. Recently we sold a Hohner Clavinet Pianet Duo, a Rhodes 1974 88 key stage piano, a Fender Rhodes 1972, a Wurlitzer 200A, among others but we still have a nice stock of great vintage instruments.

We have two 1966 silver sparkle top Fender Rhodes suitcase pianos which are excellent pianos. We have a 1972 Fender Rhodes Mark I suitcase as well.

There are a few different Wurlitzers in stock including two 112's, a 140B, and a couple 200s (one comes with an original Wurlitzer hard case) and 200As. These won't last long so be sure to get them while you still can.

Fender Rhodes Parts Manufactured

Yes it has been a while since our last post. Summer has kept us very busy with touring season at hand. We are even busier now that the fall season is approaching and customers are looking to stock up as well as customers looking to buy that perfect gift.

We have been eagerly awaiting our new products we have been manufacturing this past summer.
Tone bar grommets like the originals
Tone Bar screws nickel plated like the old Fender Rhodes pianos, with the nice shoulder under the head of the screw for allowing the tone bar to pop.
New "Relic" Hammer Tips made firmer for a better attack and articulation
We have designed a replacement Damper arm for the fender Rhodes single strip damper pianos. These will replace the old worn out dampers. Very Much needed item.

We have made another batch of our Pratt and reed Synthesizer key bushings

Hohner Clavinet hammmer tips just like the originals " Orange"

We are keeping a big secret to ourselves but we have plans for something pretty major to happen.

Lot's more going on we will fill you in soon...