Editing Rhodes piano (section)

===Under CBS===
[[File:6f 1.png|thumb|left|A pre-1969 "Silvertop" Fender Rhodes Electric Piano]]
Fender was bought by [[CBS]] in 1965.<ref name="DayBurns36">{{cite book
| last = Day | first = Paul
| title = The Burns Book
| publisher = pp Publishing
| year = 1979 | page = 36 
}}</ref> Rhodes stayed with the company, and released the first Fender Rhodes piano, a 73-note model. The instrument comprised parts&nbsp;— the piano, and a separate enclosure underneath containing the power amplifier and loudspeaker. Like the piano bass, it was finished in black Tolex, and had a fiberglass top.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=266}} During the late 1960s, two models of the Fender Rhodes Celeste also became available, which used the top three or four octaves, respectively, of the Fender Rhodes piano. The Celeste did not sell well and is now hard to find.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=266}} In 1969, the fiberglass lid was replaced with vacuum-molded plastic; the earlier models became known retrospectively as "silvertops".{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=218}}

The Student and Instructor models were introduced in 1965.{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=218}} They were designed to teach the piano in the classroom. By connecting the output of a network of student models, the teacher could listen to each student in isolation on the instructor model, and send an audio [[backing track]] to them. This allowed the teacher to monitor individual students' progress.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2010/10/03/pete-yorn-is-thinking-of-fender-rhodes/|title=Fender Rhodes|first=Pete|last=Yorn|journal=Magnet|date=October 3, 2010|access-date=January 30, 2014}}</ref> Production of educational models ceased in 1974.{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=218}}

In 1970, the 73-note Stage Piano was introduced as a lighter ({{convert|130|lb}}) and more portable alternative to the existing two-piece style, featuring four detachable legs (used in Fender steel pedal guitars), a sustain pedal derived from a Rogers [[hi-hat]] stand and a single output jack.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=266-67}}{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|pp=213,218}} Although the Stage could be used with any amplifier, catalogs suggested the use of the [[Fender Twin Reverb]].<ref name="em">{{cite journal|year=2002|title=Rhodes Piano|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a3IJAQAAMAAJ|publisher=Polyphony Publishing Company|volume=18|issue=1–4|journal=Electronic Musician}}</ref> The older style piano continued to be sold alongside the Stage and was renamed the Suitcase Piano.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=266-67}} An 88-note model was introduced in 1971.{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=218}}

The Rhodes became increasingly popular during the 1970s. In 1976, the company posted an advertisement claiming that of the top 100 ''Billboard'' albums featuring electric pianos, 82% of them used a Rhodes.{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=212}}