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Fender Rhodes

Electromechanical tine piano with a bell-like sustained tone.

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From 1969 to 1970, it was used on seven recordings, four of them in 1970. Five of them are on the Let It Be album and one on Abbey Road. 'Get Back' is the earliest, from 1969, and 'I've Got a Feeling' the last, from 1970. 'Don't Let Me Down' and 'Come Together' are two of them, and five of the seven are Lennon's. Glyn Johns engineered six of them, with Peter Bown on 'The Long and Winding Road' and 'Dig a Pony'. On 'One After 909' it was played by Billy Preston. On 'Don't Let Me Down' it is Billy Preston's 1968 Suitcase 73 Mark I, the electric piano across the Get Back sessions. Among them, 'Dig a Pony' is one of four of their recordings with spoken melody vocal.
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The Beatles reach for 28 distinct instruments across their 1969 songs, their widest year, among them the Fender Rosewood Telecaster, the Fender Rhodes, and the Moog IIIp; in 1962 it is 5.

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