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Richard Wright can be seen with the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 in this picture.

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According to this article, Wright used a Hammond C-3 Organ and Leslie speakers throughout his career with Pink Floyd.

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According to this article, Wright used a Hohner Clavinet D6 occasionally.

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According to this article, Richard Wright and other members of Pink Floyd used a Yamaha CP70 Electric Grand Piano in The Wall live shows.

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Richard Wright with his model D on stage (behind him) , during "The Dark Side of the Moon" tour .

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According to this article, Wright used a Hammond C-3 Organ and Leslie speakers throughout his career with Pink Floyd.

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The acoustic piano has always been an element of the Floyd's sound and -unlike other groups of the timeWright insisted on carrying acoustic pianos (although not always grand) on tour throughout the ‘70s, as opposed to replacing the piano parts with an electric piano; the way Genesis’ Tony Banks did on stage. It is difficult to say which make of piano is featured on each album. It has been suggested that there are many different makes used by Wright through the years, however there seem to be a couple of favourite brands: Steinway & Sons and Yamaha. Piano parts on Dark Side of the Moon were recorded with a classical Steinway & Sons Baby Grand Piano, which can be seen in the Abbey Road studios during the ‘documentary’ sections of Live At Pompeii. The Pompeii live recordings also featured a Steinway Grand (“A Saucerful Of Secrets”). Wright has also been a fan of Yamaha pianos and has used the Yamaha C-7 Acoustic Grand Piano for some of the early albums and then for Animals and The Wall.

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Wright used a Rhodes Suitcase 73/88 Mark I for the studio and on the road, along with his favourite two Fender Twin Reverb amps.

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Richard Wright used the K2600XS in a Live 8 concert. Some see the musical instrument as PC3LE8, but this is wrong.

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This keyboard was mentioned in the booklet of the reissue CD release of "P.U.L.S.E.".

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Richard Wright used the K2000 in a pulse tour. (3:47 Reference)

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A Fairlight CMI (Series IIx) sampler/synthesizer. Only used by Rick in Zee’s Confüsion

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Heard most famously on WYWH ('Have A Cigar') and the middle section of 'Dogs', from 'Animals'.

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In the photo, Richard Wright is using a Sennheiser MD 409 N dynamic microphone.

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Richard Wright began using the Kurzweil K250 synthesizer/sampler during the production of "A Momentary Lapse of Reason." According to Fika, he later upgraded to the K2500 for the P.U.L.S.E. Tour.

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Wright's Hammond M-102 organ, used on Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.

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Richard Wright used a Mellotron MkII, famously known as Pink Floyd's own instrument, as detailed in the Fika publication.

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The RT-3 Model (1972-1973) was used in the Dark Side of the Moon recording sessions

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The Quadra is mentioned on the synth notes for The Wall.

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Another instrument used by Wright since A Momentary Lapse, It was one of the keyboards more used into the Division Bell Sessions

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– Rick in Abbey Road Studios, circa 1973. (l-r): a Wurlitzer EP-200 white electric piano; a Steinway Baby Classical grand piano; a VSC3 Synthi A; and a Hammond B-3 organ (stills from the Pompeii video)

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A Rhodes Stage 73/88 Mark I Electric Piano. Used from 1976 and since

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Richard Wright used the Azimuth Coordinator, a 'quadraphonic' pan system, as detailed in the Fika source.

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In a gear list provided by Fika, Richard Wright is mentioned as having the Mellotron M400, although he never recorded with it.

You can clearly hear a Mellotron being used on the tracks of 'Sysyphus' off the studio portion of the double LP, "Ummagumma".

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In this live clip culled from the film "Tonight Let's All Make Love in London, we can see Wright making adjustments to his original Echorec unit during Pink Floyd's performance of "Interstellar Overdrive."

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In an article by Fika, it is noted that Richard Wright used the EMS VCS 3, a synthesizer known for its Synthi AKS model, which includes a keyboard and sequencer compartment.

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In the early days of the band, Wright dabbled with brass before settling on Farfisa electric organs as his main instrument onstage. He originally owned a single-manual Combo Compact model

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Richard Wright is associated with a Schiedmayer 5-octave celesta, a keyboard instrument built in Germany in 1920, as noted on Wikipedia.

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Rick plays the trombone during “Work/Afternoon” (“Biding my time”) in front of a vibraphone (Les Champs Elysees, 1970)

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Used on "The Madcap Laughs" and "The Final Cut".

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