Wurli on the Stairway?

[Immo]

I was just listening to Stairway to Heaven, and I thought I noticed the sound of a Wurli in a couple of spots of the intro although mostly buried in the background.

I think I first start noticing it at about 2:23 on the recording I'm listening to. Does this sound right, or am I mistaking another intrument for it?

[ElGorilla]

John Paul Jones did use a Rhodes live in Stairway to heaven.

[kanker.]

Actually, it's a Hohner electric piano

 

http://www.geocities.com/jpjkeys/hohnerelectra.html

[Immo]

Interesting, I've seen that site before which is really cool. I didn't realize the studio version of "No Quarter" was the Hohner as well as I noticed it said he played a Rhodes through a phaser on that song, but I just double checked and that was just on the live version.

 

Funny he used a Rhodes live as it's sounds a bit more Wurli to me.

[Tonysounds]

They have the Hohner ElectraPiano at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with John Paul's Alembic 8string, and that goofy-ass suit with the shoulder Xmas ornaments that he wore in the Song Remains The Same.

T

[rockfan]

and that goofy-ass suit with the shoulder Xmas ornaments that he wore in the Song Remains The Same.

T [/QB]

LOL.

He looked like a Spanish Matador.

[rockfan]

Originally posted by Immo:

I didn't realize the studio version of "No Quarter" was the Hohner

The sound he used for "No Quarter" was awesome.

When I took piano classes while an undergrad I would practice it at the end of the period before we left. My Filipino professor once asked for the song name. I told her and she told me, "It's in C#." She then began to play the song by ear on an old Hammond they had in the music department based on what I had learned, which was the intro part.

I freaked out. She was good, guys. A damn good teacher and player.