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  Rhodes - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Rhodes was early influenced by the Minoan civilization of Crete and was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Árgos.
Rhodes later joined the Delian League (led by Athens) but fell away from Athens in 411 BC during the Peloponnesian War.
Rhodes, along with the other Dodecanese, was taken by Italy from the Ottomans in 1912 and was ceded by Italy to Greece in 1947.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-rhodes.html   (691 words)

  
 rhodesart13
Harold always felt the piano needed improving and that his final goals for its sound and feel were never reached.
Harold did like the concept of a walnut cabinet and therefore, home models were made.
He explained to Harold that although the piano sounded harsh through the Rhodes amp, after the sound was processed, through the control boards, during recording, it recorded and sounded wonderfully.
digilander.libero.it /germanobalzan/rhodes/rhodesart13.html   (575 words)

  
 A Memorial to Harold Rhodes (1910 - 2000)
Harold Burroughs Rhodes, whose invention of a unique electric piano revolutionized the sound of jazz and pop music in the 1960's, died of complications from pneumonia on December 17.
Rhodes is survived by his third wife, Margit, his brother, John and his children Harold Jr., David, Carol Newman, Janice Wylie and Linda; his stepchildren Karlyn McCarroll, Mona Lumtin, Karlyn Hale, Jorjann Mohr, Robyn Smith and Merrilyn Herrera; plus nine grandchildren.
Harold Rhodes has the distinction of changing the way that people perform and appreciate music by the musical and technological marvel that is his piano.
www.fenderrhodes.com /history/memorial.php   (3453 words)

  
 Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes: The Creation of the Future: The Role of the American University - Bøger
Frank Rhodes was a distinguished leader of higher education when he led Cornell.
Rhodes quotes noneother than the prescient Peter Drucker, who believes that, "Thirty years from now the big university campuses will be relics...Universities won't survive.
Rhodes' views, while controversial, are refreshingly presented in a fast-paced and delightful book.
www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/product_details.php/080143937X   (532 words)

  
 The Hawk Eye Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Rhodes, like thousands of other former federal workers and their family members nationwide, have been trying for nearly four years to get government officials to acknowledge they were harmed as a result of work at former Department of Energy sites across the country.
Rhodes is eligible for federal compensation payments, but lately, many of the workers and their families have been stymied in their efforts to collect compensation by Congressional stalemates and partisan politicking.
Rhodes has watched her husband's health deteriorate over the past few years, and she said she fears he'll be dead before a decision on her claim is made.
www.thehawkeye.com /features/IAAP/stories03/b1_1221.html   (2959 words)

  
 Harold Rhodes: 1910-2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Harold Burroughs Rhodes was the inventor of the most most successful electric piano of its day.
He designed and developed the famous Fender Rhodes piano which became a trademark sound of the late-60s and early-70s in funk, soul, rock and pop music, and was fundamental to the development of jazz-rock and its offshoots in the music of artists like Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock.
Rhodes lost the rights to the brand name for a time, but regained them in 1997, and was said to have been investigating the possibility of relaunching his piano in association with other members of his family.
www.jazzhouse.org /gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=978788118   (489 words)

  
 www.jazzweekly.com | Reviews
I just love the sound of the thing, and it's cool electric sound was one of the reasons why I was attracted to jazz as a high school kid in the early- to mid-1970s.
Obviously, pianist Marc Cary feels the same way I do, and Rhodes Ahead, Volume 1 is his way of acknowledging the impact that both Harold B. Rhodes and his invention have had on his life and music.
Despite the fact that the disc is a tribute to the Rhodes piano, "Saturn Return" is a showcase for Cary's analogue synth work.
www.jazzweekly.com /reviews/cary.htm   (353 words)

  
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Rhodes has published widely in the fields of geology, paleontology, evolution, education, and the history of science.
Rhodes was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Science Board, of which he is a former chair, and by President George H.W. Bush to the President’s Educational Policy Advisory Committee.
Rhodes is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Bigsby Medal of the Geological Society and the Clark Kerr Medal of the University of California, Berkeley Faculty Senate, and holds honorary degrees from more than 30 institutions in the U.S. and abroad.
www.agiweb.org /news/spot_21oct02_IanCampbellRhodes.html   (660 words)

  
 IEEEVM: Harold B. Rhodes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Harold Burroughs Rhodes’ virtually life-long interest in music began early when he was introduced to jazz through his brother’s record collection.
Rhodes directed music recreation therapy for these soldiers using the piano he invented, known as the “Xylette.” His teaching efforts led to his being awarded a Commemoration of Exceptional Civilian Service, the highest honor given to civilians by the War Department.
CBS bought Rhodes’ company in 1965 and Rhodes continued to work for the corporation as a consultant until 1984, when the company was sold.
www.ieee-virtual-museum.org /collection/people.php?id=1234783&lid=1   (408 words)

  
 RhodesFamily.org - Henry Rhodes of Noble County, Indiana
Samuel Rhodes was born on 2 Apr 1866 in Indiana.
    Fern Rhodes was born on 17 Dec 1909 in Elkhart County, Indiana.
    Flossie Rhodes was born on 17 Dec 1909 in Elkhart County, Indiana.
www.rhodesfamily.org /Henry-Noble-IN.htm   (835 words)

  
 Harold Rhode - SourceWatch
Harold Rhode is a Foreign Affairs Specialist in the Office of Net Assessment, Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Rhode, seen by many veteran staffers as an ideological gadfly, was officially assigned to the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment, an in-house Pentagon think tank headed by fellow neocon Andrew Marshall.
Rhode appeared to be 'pulling people out of nooks and crannies of the Defense Intelligence Agency and other places to replace us with,' says a former analyst.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Harold_Rhode   (703 words)

  
 Major Key - The Rhodes Parts People
Harold's Idea: In 1987, Harold Rhodes came to BBE to have lunch with John and his father, as he had done several times before.
Harold was fascinated by the relatively new BBE Sound technology, so they gave him a Model 411 single-channel BBE instrument preamp.
Harold liked it so much that he loaned it to a friend, who liked it so much that he kept it for himself.
www.majorkey.com /cgi-bin/home.html   (1106 words)

  
 Rhodes Piano
Like all great instruments, the Rhodes piano was something special from the very moment it was introduced to the world by its inventor and constructor Harold Rhodes.
Rhodes pianos reached the top of their popularity during the seventies, and entered many music genres, from soul to RandB and funky, from pop to jazz.
Rhodes, and we mean the true Rhodes, not some digital replica of it, went back in fashion through the big door.
student.foi.hr /~rlogozar/mbsn1/AnalogSynthsRhodesPiano.html   (1828 words)

  
 Fender Rhodes
Harold Rhodes was though used doing things his own way, and therefore he decided to build and start up his own factory in order to manufacture his pianos.
Harold Rhodes has since then stated that he has far driven plans to manufacture and produce a new piano model.
Tragically, Harold Rhodes did however pass away in december of 2000 and therefore it remains to be seen if a new model will be released.
hem.passagen.se /daveo/fender_english.htm   (879 words)

  
 Evan Harold Rhodes - Biography
Rhodes is also the author of THE AMERICAN PALACE series, five novels dealing with the history of the White House and its illustrious occupants.
Rhodes is currently working on a novel of intrigue and murder set in San Francisco, Hong Kong and Beijing.
Rhodes has a Bachelor of Arts Degree, (Cum Laude) a Master of Arts Degree, and was a three-year letterman on the Varsity Track team.
www.evanrhodes.com /index.htm   (536 words)

  
 CNN/SI - College Basketball - Washington State basketball coach fired - Wednesday March 10, 1999 12:26 AM
Rhodes, who has spent 24 years at WSU as a player, assistant and head coach, said he told his players of Dickson's decision Monday night.
Rhodes thanked Dickson and WSU President Sam Smith for their support of womens' athletics and said the decision not to renew his contract was "a business decision." He said he hoped there would be "no backwash" for WSU as a result.
Rhodes' assistants also were let go, but Dickson promised to help them seek other employment, Rhodes said.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/college/news/1999/03/09/wsu_coach   (413 words)

  
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Harold Rhodes hadn't built anything more than a few prototype electric pianos when he signed on with Fender in 1959.
Leo and Harold tinkered and fought over the design for six years, during which time several versions of the Electric Piano showed up in Fender catalogs.
Harold Rhodes himself was in no way involved.
machines.hyperreal.org /machines/manufacturers/Fender/info/Fender-Rhodes-Chroma.txt   (1035 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
I played on a Fender Rhodes for a number of years - concerts, combo jobs, solo piano jobs; the piano was damned near indestructible.
I just read a little here re the developerinventor of the 'Rhodes' piano - Harold Rhodes and thought it would be fitting to add my comments.
Harold Rhodes - he brought a lot of music into this world.
www.jazzhouse.org /com/com4.php3?self=978788118   (90 words)

  
 Harold Rhodes
They were successful in doing so, and Harold is now resting and remaining in the hospital until they see the blood is no longer clotting as it was.
Rhodes may not have had a heart attack, but his artery became very clogged with clots.
Harold was one of the 10 per cent.
treybig.org /Prayer/pray0356.htm   (1453 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Rhodes
Rhodes, Glen — of Presho, Lyman County, S.Dak. Republican.
Rhodes, I. — of Welch, McDowell County, W.Va. Republican.
Rhodes, Opal — of Bethany, Harrison County, Mo. Democrat.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/rhodes.html   (818 words)

  
 CLASSIC KEYBOARDS
In the early 40's Harold Rhodes, a serviceman with the Army Air Corps, concerned about the morale of hospital patients, built his first "baby Piano".
It was this unit that attracted the attention of Leo Fender and thus the Fender Rhodes, as we know it today, was born.
The Rhodes was manufactured in two basic models with three different keyboard lengths of 54, 73, and 88 notes respectively.
www.melmusic.com.au /articles/classicrhodes.html   (772 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Rhodes has been making a bit of a comeback lately with use in hip-hop and R&B bands.
Pat uses the various tones of the Rhodes to set the mood of the pieces: ranging from the urban cool of "Space Travel" and "Last Soldier" to the pensive melodies of "Hidden Path" and "East Village Buffalo Puppy." "I'll Take The Apple" just begs to be played when you're driving on the open road.
The acoustic piano takes you on a ride with the funk of "Democrazy." And "Blues In Orbit" (which reworks the chord progression of "Space Travel") is a blistering jazz workout that features a brisk walking bass line by Givens and a tasty drum solo by Comess.
www.allaboutjazz.com /php/review_print.php?id=12254   (451 words)

  
 Bill Evans Webpages: Evans and the Fender-Rhodes
Bill alternates between the Rhodes and the Steinway, but generally the keyboards are recorded more distantly in the mix, and though Bill plays well, the performance of both doesn’t merit much comment.
Rhodes players were hooking up these sound- modifying units all the time.
Though somewhat disparaging sentiments were sometimes expressed about Bill’s choice of the Rhodes, he thought it all to be “kind of fun”, and although it can be occasionally a distraction, none of it takes away from the almost telepathic camaraderie and musical chemistry of the Evans-Gomez duo.
www.billevanswebpages.com /rhodespiece.html   (3029 words)

  
 Alpha Entek, Rhodes Piano Restoration
Created in the 1950s by Harold Rhodes, the Rhodes piano embodies the tuning fork principle.
Harold Rhodes' genius devised an asymetric variant on the basic idea.
Although the Rhodes Keyboard Instruments name survived a number of takeovers, the genius behind these marvels is unfortunately no longer with us.
www.alphaentek.com /rhodes.htm   (1439 words)

  
 Models
The Fender Rhodes Celeste is the most obscure model of all the different Rhodes's there is. It could be seen in the early 1963-64 Fender catalogue (37-key verision), but was not officially launched until 1968.
Harold Rhodes had already built one in the middle fifties, but when the cooperation with Leo Fender began, Harold wasn't allowed to build anything else than the PianoBass.
Harolds way of singning-off was by letting Steve "do his thing" and use all possible knowledge and experiment with a radically altered instrument.
www.freddan.biz /html/models.html   (1659 words)

  
 Rhodes Pianos Page
Harold Rhodes, the Rhodes electric piano inventor, expressed his deep disappointment with the introduction of the plastic key option models.
There are quotes on Rhodes Super Site saying that every single change was carefully studied before introduced, in order not to compromise the famous Rhodes sound in its crucial aspects.
I write about this controversy to enlighten many Rhodes fans, who were, like myself, confused by the hear-say statements, often spread by people who didn't carefully studied the problem, or didn't have nerves to compare models, or didn't even bother to check what was "under the hood".
student.foi.hr /~rlogozar/mbsn1/AnalogSynthsRhodesMarkIversII.html   (5216 words)

  
 DIW SEAN WAYLAND: THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES
My new CD "The Colossus of Rhodes" is the 4th album of original compositions I have released under my own name, the previous being Fangin', Stevo (1998) and 99 (2000).
For those of you who don't know "The Colossus of Rhodes" is one of the ancient 7 wonders of the world and existed on Greece a very long time ago.
The CD's title was inspired by the recent passing of Harold Rhodes, inventor of the great Fender Rhodes piano.
www.seanwayland.com /DIW.html   (477 words)

  
 Steven Halpern
On a sad note, a pioneering sound healer and a personal hero and mentor, Harold Rhodes, recently made his transition.
Harold originally came up with the idea to bring music-making opportunities to injured World War II veterans while they were hospitalized.
Little did he know that his invention would subsequently provide the basis for a whole new genre of music (some of which is now completing the cycle, and being played in veterans hospitals around the country).
www.lightworks.com /monthlyaspectarian/2001/July/halpern.htm   (837 words)

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