1930s electric piano/phonograph/radio

Wrlds2ndBstGeoshredr

Someone should sample this beast:

https://piedmontpiano.com/all-used-pianos/1939-storytone-spinet-z5d64

this strange instrument as having strings like a regular piano whose vibrations were reproduced by vacuum tubes and played through an amplifier instead of sounding directly. The same amplifier could also be used for a radio and phonograph which were set into one side of the piano. With this arrangement the piano could be played with either the radio or phonograph through a series of microphones in the piano.

Gavinski

@Wrlds2ndBstGeoshredr said:
Someone should sample this beast:

https://piedmontpiano.com/all-used-pianos/1939-storytone-spinet-z5d64

this strange instrument as having strings like a regular piano whose vibrations were reproduced by vacuum tubes and played through an amplifier instead of sounding directly. The same amplifier could also be used for a radio and phonograph which were set into one side of the piano. With this arrangement the piano could be played with either the radio or phonograph through a series of microphones in the piano.

No sound demos?

Daveypoo

Man, I SO want one of these...

Wrlds2ndBstGeoshredr

@Daveypoo said:
Man, I SO want one of these...

Here is one for sale. It’s a different brand, but even more beautiful:

https://reverb.com/item/47664650-rca-storytone-1939-mahogany?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=17684177466&utm_content=campaignid=17684177466_adgroupid=139144245112_productpartitionid=1700824572402=merchantid=562606280_productid=47664650_keyword=_device=c_adposition=_matchtype=_creative=608980458360&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpPKiBhDvARIsACn-gzD9iDpE5x4n04SWLhqFU5jPYAvC0GluZ4DUJQEtPwgE2UUhjkF8u4gaAimNEALw_wcB

Wrlds2ndBstGeoshredr

@Gavinski said:

@Wrlds2ndBstGeoshredr said:
Someone should sample this beast:

https://piedmontpiano.com/all-used-pianos/1939-storytone-spinet-z5d64

this strange instrument as having strings like a regular piano whose vibrations were reproduced by vacuum tubes and played through an amplifier instead of sounding directly. The same amplifier could also be used for a radio and phonograph which were set into one side of the piano. With this arrangement the piano could be played with either the radio or phonograph through a series of microphones in the piano.

No sound demos?

The competitor sounds fabulous:

You can find the original Storytone demo disks from 1939 on yt. The “harpsichord” effect is what it sounds like with the amp turned off.

Daveypoo

That one is cool, but no built in phonograph/radio, no sale. 😁