Richard Wright
Pink Floyd keyboardist
Richard Wright's Keyboards and Synthesizers
Richard Wright can be seen with the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 in this picture.
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 .
According to this article, Wright used a Hammond C-3 Organ and Leslie speakers throughout his career with Pink Floyd.
Full article here.
Richard Wright used the K2600XS in a Live 8 concert. Some see the musical instrument as PC3LE8, but this is wrong.
Richard Wright used the K2000 in a pulse tour. (3:47 Reference)
A Fairlight CMI (Series IIx) sampler/synthesizer. Only used by Rick in Zee’s Confüsion
Heard most famously on WYWH ('Have A Cigar') and the middle section of 'Dogs', from 'Animals'.
Richard Wright used a Mellotron MkII, famously known as Pink Floyd's own instrument, as detailed in the Fika publication.
The RT-3 Model (1972-1973) was used in the Dark Side of the Moon recording sessions
Another instrument used by Wright since A Momentary Lapse, It was one of the keyboards more used into the Division Bell Sessions
– 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)
A Rhodes Stage 73/88 Mark I Electric Piano. Used from 1976 and since
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".
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.
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
Moog Taurus II Footpedal Synthesizer. Used by Rick in “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”
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, which was used for early recordings of "Interstellar Overdrive",[67] and later upgraded to a dual-manual Compact Duo. During the 1960s, Wright relied heavily on his Farfisa fed through a Binson Echorec platter echo, as heard on the Ummagumma live album.[66] On later tours, the instrument was fed through a joystick control allowing the signal to be sent through up to six speakers in an auditorium, which was called the "Azimuth Coordinator".[71] Wright stopped using the Farfisa after The Dark Side of the Moon, but revisited it in later years, playing it on Gilmour's On An Island tour. It was recorded for the sessions that eventually became The Endless River.[72]
Wright's Hammond M-102 organ, used on Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii. Wright played the piano and Hammond organ in the studio from the start of Pink Floyd's recording career; using the Hammond's bass pedals for the closing section of "A Saucerful of Secrets".[73] He used a Mellotron in the studio for some tracks, including Ummagumma's "Sysyphus" and on the "Atom Heart Mother" suite. For a brief period in 1969, Wright played vibraphone on several of the band's songs and in some live shows, and reintroduced the trombone on "Biding My Time".[74] He started using a Hammond organ regularly on stage alongside the Farfisa around 1970[75] and a grand piano became part of his usual live concert setup when "Echoes" was added to Pink Floyd's regular set list. All three keyboards are used in the concert film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.[a]
In the 1970s, Wright began using synthesizers such as the VCS 3, ARP String Ensemble and Minimoog, which were featured on "Shine on You Crazy Diamond". Wright wrote the closing part of the track alone, and included a brief extract of the band's early single "See Emily Play" on the Minimoog towards the end.[79] He used a number of electric pianos during the 1970s, including a Wurlitzer fed through a wah-wah pedal on "Money"[80] and an unaccompanied Rhodes introduction for "Sheep" on Animals.[81]
From the 1987 Momentary Lapse of Reason tour onwards, Wright and touring keyboardist Jon Carin favoured Kurzweil digital synthesizers, including the K2000 keyboard and K2000S rack module for reproducing piano and electric piano sounds.[82] Wright retained the Hammond along with a Leslie speaker, playing it onstage and using it during the Division Bell sessions.[83]
In this photo, Wright can be seen playing a Farfisa Compact Deluxe -- a different model that the Farfisa Compact Duo organ he usually played.
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