RMI Rock-Si-Chord

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RMI Rock-Si-Chord

Post by Cumulus » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:45 am

Someone I know has an old RMI Rock-Si-Chord (aka Rocksichord) that he bought new back in the day.

I found some info online about it but I can't find any that are currently for sale or even any that have been sold in the past.

Has anyone here ever bought or sold one?

Any idea what they're going for these days?

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Re: RMI Rock-Si-Chord

Post by V301H » Wed Aug 25, 2010 3:35 am

Other than their early digital synths and a couple of other models most RMI keyboards rarely sell for more than a few hundred dollars. The Rock-si-chord is one of their earliest models and is quite rare so could be worth a bit more to a collector. There was a model 100 and a 200. The 200 is more desirable as it adds a second set of individual tone generators (no dividers as found in most keyboards of the time) for each of it's 49 notes allowing 8' and 4' ranks to sound simultaneously.
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Re: RMI Rock-Si-Chord

Post by meatballfulton » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:17 pm

A friend owned one and I was amazed...even more ridiculous sounding than the RMI pianos.

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