Hohner Clavinet L Demonstration and Restoration with Don Shinn 

Love "Apprehension" :D :D

those demos were funky as hell

Great video! Love your long hair.

Thou left a comment but one feels and it seems the intake of meed hath haltered it's landing ? So again I shall try to give my gratitude. In a wobbly wobbly world you sir are one of a few I can relate too , you are a priest of the keys ,,,a beast of the audio fingerage ,,,keep up the good work and keep beseark

Good for you guys for coming up with a modern analogous preamp. I'm building a regular and a whammy clav this summer without that stuff. Just Telecaster wiring should be plenty.

Kerry Minear of Gentle Giant made brilliant use of the different timbres these are capable of. His had some sort of switchable mute that deadened the resonance of it somehow.

I guess there were some companies that would install whammy bars in clavinets. It was a major undertaking from what I've read. Great vid.

What a cool piece of music history! In addition to the Dada album, you can hear Don playing it on the song "Past Orbits of Dust" on Renaissance's Illusion album, featuring the underrated Jane Relf on lead vocals.

Thanks sensei, fascinating.

These were great through a wah/autowah

The Dada album referenced in the video is available for a listen here on RU-vid.

Excellent video, thank you, profezzor! A clavinet, the inners of a clavintet, a pipe and a lab coat, what could we need more! (this YT channel deserve more attention.It's either realy fun and educational)

The Clavinet was Hohner's Electric Clavichord, Vintage Vibe has made it as the Vibanet

Was lucky enough to find an E7 in a Pawn shop for £120 on Leith Walk, in the mid 90's. Only needed to change the Hammer tips so far, perhaps due an M.O.T soon. Luckily there is an amazing guy not so far from me that will do a fantastic job.

This is probably one of the only times I can say that this is Funky Physics! Great content and one of my guilty pleasure subscriptions.

Thank you so much for this content. It suits me.

Keith Emersons Clavinet

The Tangents are made of rubber & hit the strings from above.

I could just sit and look at that thing for hours..... Bonus feature.... It makes awesome noises too...

This restoration brings a lot of honour for the Hohner's owner - not only because of it's a very rare instrument, but especially due to the craftmanship while rebuilding and the reverse engineering of the circuitry! Pressing the keys intonates history, intervals of decades and it is a sheer pleasure to watch; not less as the vintage "Batman"-series was for me when I was a child. Thanks a lot for sharing :-)! All the little details like finding substitutes for the Germanium transisors which are not available anymore, the customized battery power supply including the self-made circuit board - that is a treasure in terms of keeping the knowledge of electronic music instruments alive. Fortunately, because it's so much lost here. Thanks again and all the best :-)!

I never realized that the Clavinet's action was situated that way. It's the original "slap bass" (and treble.)

Anther interesting video. I remember trying something similar in a music shop back in the 1960's

I saw you examining the Turin underpants, you’ll be pleased to hear, we’ve had them carbon dated, and it turns out, they are slightly older than the time of Jesus, so we believe they were Joseph’s underpants, that he past on to Jesus!

Another splendid video, as always! I think Rick Wakeman used one of those on 'Journey To The Centre Of The Earth'. Cheers & Beers!

Basically an electric clavichord.

Beautiful figured black walnut cabinet! At first I was impressed with Hohner’s effort until I got to the part it was new. I’ve got a Calvinet Il and the particle board it is made from is not so pretty.

That pipe is sooo cool :)

The intro to your intro music sounds like Klingons attacking in the Wrath of Khan :D

I love how weird all of these videos get at one point or another.

A quadrilateral case. 😉

Amazing work on the preamp, also like your different names you go under in each episode ;D,..maybe you are a multidimensional guy, in any case i love your energy,..you bring so much knowledge and light into youtubeland,..Love, light to you dear Steve =) BTW Big up´s to Louisa The camera woman =)

Hello Steve, What a wonderful and entertaining video presentation of the Hohner L Clavinet. I accidentally found your channel while looking for hammer/rubber replacement information on the D6 model. I bought my D6 Clavinet new in 1979 or 1980 and gigged with it for several years. It's still in near mint condition with the exception of rubber widgets. If you might know of a reputable resource in Northern California that could service a D6 Clavinet I'd very much appreciate it. Thank You. 🎹

Not sure abut changing electronics on a historic instrument, but I guess there's no option when info just isn't available (or increasingly, it seems, parts not available!) Nice job, and nice sund.

Hello Steve. Great video! I have a question: if the clavinet is a kind of electrified clavichord, with tangents leaning on strings, is there a possibility to vibrate the string by pressing the key harder (like 'Bebung' in clavichord)? Greetings from Poland!

Would that be Don Shinn who played in The Soul Agents? Great group. Think he played a Bird organ on those recordings.

Didn't the Beatles get some of their gear from Minn's?

I see you have written Mooked on your hand. Are we expected not to notice? You really are a cunning fellow.

Keith Emerson had one of these: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kbc9UZIQoy4.html