| PIANOS |
This section is dedicated to Tori's
soulmates... her pianos.
‡ Tori's best friends
[awww]
~ In alfabetical order:
The
Bösendorfer
aka 'the böse or bosey'...
aka Tori's main friend...
¤ Tech name: Bösendorfer,
model
290 Imperial Grand
(97 keys, 9'6" ft. in length, 5'6" in
width, and 570 kg in weight), black
¤ Type: Grand piano
¤ Sound: Magical!
¤ First featured on the album: 'Under
The Pink - 1994'
¤
You hear it in the song: 'Original
Sinsuality' [AND many others obviously ;o)]
¤ Quotes:
//"The
reason I love to play Bösendorfers is because I
think their whole manufacturing process is
trying to keep them as unmechanical, as
unfactorized as possible, so that the soul of everybody who touches one or
works with it is in there."
- Piano and Keyboard, 1993//
//Tori
works with two Bösendorfers, "the one that
I own and the one that I tour with. The Bösey I
own is very much a recording
instrument, she's not into touring. She's eight
years old now. She was in a church in NY City
for a while where she got battered and abused,
and she got shoved around every club in the city
before she was in the church, so she just got
the shit beat out of her in NY, and I felt like
she and I understood each other, so, she had to
be rebuilt kind of, and I just take really good
care of her. She gathers her energy and then we
put it into the record. The piano I'm touring
with is a year old, so she's feisty and wants to
see the world and check out boys
multi-culturally. She was rotting in this
showroom in London. So she's happy to be on the
road with me, meeting all these cute
dudes."
- All These Years Biography, pg. 97//
¤ Sex: female
¤ Listen:
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|
1996.11.11 |
Boulder |
|
1999.10.29 |
London |
This
Old Man |
2001.06.10 |
Washington |
|
Here
In My Head |
2003.01.19 |
Brussels |
|
Silent
All These Years |
2005.06.18 |
London |
|
Way
Down |
2005.09.14 |
San Diego |
¤ Pictures:
The
Fender Rhodes
aka 'the Rhodes'...
¤ Tech name: Fender
Rhodes
88 Suitcase
¤ Type: Keyboard
¤ Sound: Classic jazz instrument
that, in Amos's hands, make strange new music.
¤ First featured on the album:
'Strange Little Girls - 2001'
¤
You hear it
in the song: 'Strange'
¤ Quote:
//About song 'Rattlesnakes' on the album
'Strange Little Girls': "Rhodes delay back
and forth to create the tail of the
rattlesnake."//
¤ Sex: female
¤ Listen:
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|
2001.09.30 |
Kissimmee |
|
1000
Oceans |
2001.09.30 |
Kissimmee |
|
Running Up
The Hill/God |
2005.09.05 |
Denver |
¤ Pictures:
The Hammond
aka 'the organ'...
¤ Tech name: Hammond
A-100 s / B3 Hammond
¤ Type: Organ
¤ Sound: Sounds like a bee.
¤ First featured on the album: 'The
Beekeeper - 2005'
¤
You hear it
in the song: 'The Beekeeper'
¤ Quotes:
//"The Beekeeper is musically inspired by
the fact that the piano has realized that she
has an organ - with my right hand on her organ
and my left hand on her piano keys, I have been
changed by the relationship between these two
beautiful creatures, the Bösendorfer piano and
the B3 Hammond organ."//
//"Let me check my sound before I screw
the whole thing up, yeeyaah that's my badass
boy, this is my boy, tis all and I love him...
*muah*" - Performing 'Sweet The Sting' -
Official London Bootleg//
¤ Sex: male
¤ Listen:
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|
2005.06.13 |
Paris |
| 2005.06.28 | Frankfurt | |
| 2005.06.28 | Frankfurt |
|
Space
Dog |
2005.06.28 |
Frankfurt |
¤ Pictures:
The Harpsichord
aka 'the harpsi'...
¤ Type: Harpsichord
¤ Sound: Like wires strung.
The harpsi is a very delicate instrument as it's
sound.
¤ Only featured on the album: 'Boys
For Pele - 1996'
¤
You hear it
in the song: 'Caught A Lite Sneeze'
¤
Quotes:
//"I like to be away from where the latest
whatever is," Amos says, "and you
can't get less state of the art than a
harpsichord."//
//"Playing it (the harpsichord) more like a
percussive instrument. I got into my trash
harpsichord. When I look at it, I just see it go
to me, "Wear your high-heeled red shoes and
give me some ass, girl." - Spin, 1996//
¤ Sex: female
¤ Listen:
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The Kürzweil
aka 'that keyboard'...
¤ Tech name: Kürzweil
K2500XS MIDI piano
¤ Type: Keyboard
¤ Sound: Synth
¤ First featured on the album: 'From
The Choirlgirl Hotel - 1998'
¤
You hear it
in the song: 'Spark'
¤ Quote:
//"I wrote a lot
of it at the keyboard but also at the synth,
too. I have a.... What do I have? [Chuckles.]
I have a Kürzweil. The good thing is they maxed
me out at Kürzweil with sounds, and then my
friend came in and gave me a bunch of sounds -
Mellotron sounds and stuff, 'tron viola, 'tron
flute, 'tronny stuff like that. I started
messing with them and in some cases writing
things around some of them, like in
"Hotel." So the keyboard was very
present while I was writing. I wrote most
everything before I walked into the
studio."//
¤ Sex: female
¤ Listen:
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|
1998.06.23 |
Frankfurt |
¤ Pictures:
The Würlitzer
aka 'the whurly'...
¤ Tech name: Würlitzer
¤ Type: An organ used at the original
Woodstock which Tori purchased from Copuntry Joe
and the Fish.
¤ Sound: Funky-High.
¤ First featured on the album: 'Strange
Little Girls - 2001', but got really heavily
used on 'Scarlet's Walk - 2002'
¤ You hear it in the songs: 'New Age
& Pancake'
¤ Sex: female
¤ Listen:
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|
2001.11.02 |
Austin |
¤ Pictures:
‡
Others
From most of Tori's other creatures, we do not
have pictures. As she rarely plays any of these
live. I did however search pictures online, so
you guys have an idea how the instrument looks
like.
An ARP
¤ Type:
Synth
¤ First
featured on the album: 'Scarlet's Walk - 2002'
¤ You hear it
in the song: 'I can't see New York'
¤ Picture:
[note: this is not Tori's instrument]
A clavichord
¤ Type:
Clavichord
¤ First
featured on the album: 'Boys For Pele - 1996'
¤ You hear it
in the song: 'Little Amsterdam'
¤ Picture:
[note: this is not Tori's instrument]
A harmonium organ
¤ Type:
Organ
¤ First
featured on the album: 'Boys For Pele - 1996'
¤ You hear it
in the song: 'Hey Jupiter'
¤ Listen:
[right-click-and-save!]
|
1996.05.11 |
New Haven |
|
Sister
Janet |
1996.10.29 |
Austin |
¤
Pictures:
A mellotron
¤ Type:
Synth
¤ First
featured on the album: 'From The Choirgirl Hotel
- 1998'
¤ You hear it
in the song: 'Hotel'
¤ Picture:
[note: this is not Tori's instrument]
An upright piano
aka 'the--bells for her--piano'...
¤ Type: Upright piano
¤ First
featured on the album: 'Under The Pink - 1994'
¤ You hear it
in the song: 'Bells For Her'
¤ Pictures:
...
Some intresting links:
[If you feel like drooling over some more
pianos. ;o)]
» Bösendorfer
» Speak
Easy Vintage Music
» The
harpsichord Clearing House
‡
Two can play
The way
Tori plays one piano is something, but when she
starts playing two at a time, one is just lost
for words.
‡ Various pictures
Here are some live pictures throughout
Tori's career!
