Ok, i dont own any of the gear books...
did they favor any sort of Acoustic piano? I would imagine Uprights figure prominently.

Would be happy if any players of the 88's could run down some song/piano examples for me? Or any "pattern of use" would be interesting...

cheers,
berlinjive

The new Stones Gear book is only really interested in guitars, basses and their amps (though it does talk about electric keyboards and the Mellotron, and the Hammond organ gets a couple of paragraphs). It was one of the few things about the book that disappointed me - it has very little to say about the menagerie of instruments the band had available at Olympic, for instance, and although Jack Nitsche, Nicky Hopkins and Ian Stewart are given their due, the instruments they played are just "piano" except for the Steinway baby grand that Stu played on tour.

wow, what a rip! I figure people would have some concrete info on this.

Anyone?

Well Nicky did have a contract with Steinway as a exclusive artist, but I'm quite sure Olympic's grand piano is a Blüthner. Check out One Plus one.

Not the same piano in this picture:



This was the 1971' session for BB King's album "BB King in London"

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