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Vintage Vibe

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Vintage Vibe is a manufacturer of mechanical electric pianos, based in Rockaway, New Jersey.[1] The company also offers repair and restoration services for electric pianos, keyboard instruments and amplifiers, brand new parts for vintage electric pianos, and manufactures a modern tine-based electro-mechanical piano.

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The company started in 1997 as an instrument rental business, before switching to repairs due to difficulties competing in that market.[2] In 2011, they started manufacturing electric pianos, similar to those manufactured by Rhodes in sound and Wurlitzer in appearances.[1]

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Vintage Vibe Piano

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Keyboardists playing Vintage Vibe 64 Note model.

Vintage Vibe debuted their tine based piano, at the 2011 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California.[3] The electric piano combines the sound of a Rhodes with a body that resembles a Wurlitzer Electric Piano. The Vintage Vibe Piano was designed to be half the weight of traditional tine-based electric pianos. The action and tone are inspired by the early Fender Rhodes. The piano uses American swaged steel tines and hand-wound pickups along with a choice of active or passive electronics to achieve its tone.[4] The Vintage Vibe Piano is available in a number of different variants.

  • 44 Note (F21 - C64)
  • 44 Note Bass Model (C4 - G46)
  • 64 Note (A13 - C76)
  • 73 Note (E8 - E80)

Vibanet

The Vibanet was introduced at the 2013 NAMM Show.[5] Unlike the tine based Vintage Vibe Piano, the Vibanet is modeled after the Hohner Clavinet, which is a string based electric clavichord. However, like the Vintage Vibe Piano, the Vibanet was made with a modern approach. Also half the weight, the Vibanet's exterior has been redesigned for a sleek look and quick access to tuning pegs.

The Vibanet features 60 keys, an autowah preamp and a revolutionary dampening system using a polymer gel rather than the yarn used by Hohner.


In actuality the vibanet was nothing more than a rehoused Hohner clavinet with a painted chassis, changed preamplifier and pickups, all placed in a black painted wooden case. Due to the lack of Clavinet parts availability and disappearing clavs and the ever rising prices- the 2 vibanets observed by reputable technicians stated this was not a new production instrument rather a rehoused one.

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