Nickey Barclay

"She’s currently raving about her latest acquisition, the Italian-made “Instapiano” electric piano. “I’ve always wanted an electric piano onstage, but there’s always been something lacking in all the models I’ve tried… even something like the Clavinet,” she says. “The Instapiano has everything the others have — the same presets for honky-tonk, straight piano and harpsichord — but it just sounds so much better.” It also features, she explains, a switchable walking piano bass, with its own separate volume controls, on all the keys below middle C."

This photo shows Barclay playing an RMI Electa-piano with Fanny. An RMI was also used on the band’s hit song “Ain’t That Peculiar.”

In this photo, Nickey Barclay can be seen playing an RMI Rock-Si-Chord while rehearsing with Fanny. The badge on the back of the instrument appears to read “RMI Rock-Si-Chord.” This instrument is all black, which was common of late Rock-Si-Chord models.

An RMI sound can be heard on the band’s hit song “Ain’t that Peculiar.” I haven’t found real evidence that Barclay played a Rock-Si-Chord or Electra-piano on the track, but a Rock-Si-Chord seems likely given this photo.

(Note: I previously entered this instrument as an RMI Electra-piano before noticing the badge.)