Richard Wright

Moog Taurus II Footpedal Synthesizer. Used by Rick in “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”

In a performance at Les Champs Élysées in 1970, Richard Wright is seen playing the trombone during "Work/Afternoon" ("Biding My Time") with a Musser M55 Concert Vibraphone visible in the background, as documented by Fika.

Wright had been using a Leslie cabinet Model 145 for Atom Heart Mother, Meddle and Obscured by Clouds.

In 1968, Richard Wright of Pink Floyd was involved in the recording of "Jugband Blues" from the album A Saucerful of Secrets. During the syncopated middle section, which features the Salvation Army Band of North London on brass, there is a notable use of unusual instruments by the band members, including a kazoo. While it's unclear who specifically played the kazoo on this track, it is acknowledged that Richard Wright was among the band members experimenting with such instruments during this period, as detailed by Fika.

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]

As for the Leslie cabinets, his most commonly-used Leslie model, since Dark Side, was Model 122.

In this photo, Wright can be seen playing a Farfisa Compact Deluxe -- a different model that the Farfisa Compact Duo organ he usually played.