Classic Keys: Keyboard Sounds That Launched Rock Music

Great book. If you're into vintage keys you need a copy of this.

A brilliant book for lovers of classic keyboards to dip or deep dive into. Well-researched, well-illustrated and well-written, it conveys the authors' enthusiasm for keyboards in an infectious manner. I now want to play all these keyboards, I want to buy and restore them, I want to cherish, preserve and hand them on for future generations to enjoy!

Great book, quickly delivered and well packaged

Having read through almost 3/4 of this book I found the details contained very interesting. I’m not an actual keyboard or piano player (bass & guitar are my main instruments) just dabble with chords etc but like many other instruments I enjoy reading the history behind there making, playing and of course recording which this book covers in quite detail

Certainly its authoritative and has taken a long time to research. There is every possible detail on every part of each instrument to the point of being slightly silly - how the different types of wood finish were made and the employment history of the factories is a little beyond what I wanted to see.It repeats itself constantly like its trying to treat the reader like a young school kid.That being said, it is a mammoth tome and I will never have to look elsewhere for info on these few instruments.

There are dozens of books on vintage guitars, but this is the first on vintage keyboards.Considering the impact the Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Hammond B3 etc had on the development of popular music in the 2nd half of the 20th C, this book is groundbreaking for specialist nerds like me.

This book is fabulous. More detailed than you could imagine. Beautifully designed. Rigorously researched. It's a long-overdue contribution to the history of keyboards and it's hard to imagine anyone having much more to say about it after this. They did the job completely. Highly recommended.