Wurlitzer and Rhodes pianos have their own strengths and weaknesses-in the end it all comes down to use.
You can visibly see that the Rhodes has a more rounded sine-like shape while the Wurlitzer has a sharper triangle-like shape. We have zoomed in and cropped a small fraction of the audio to help illustrate the contrast between wave shapes. Here are two images of a recorded PCM wave sample portion from both a Rhodes and Wurlitzer middle C note (with no vibrato or tremolo). We can listen to the audio over and over we also can see the difference with our own eyes. The tones of the Wurlitzer and Rhodes are both very distinctive in the above audio samples. If you listen to our audio samples above, you'll notice the more bell-like tone of the Rhodes and the sharper tone of the Wurlitzer. Perfect for either a clean or dirty sound, the Wurlitzer has been a choice for pop music since its debut in the 1950s. Amazing keyboardists such as John Medeski or Marco Benevento have preferred the Wurlitzer reed tone for both live and studio use because of how dirty it sounds with a little distortion check out "Nocturnal Transmission" by Medeski, Martin and Wood. Timeless songs like "I Am The Walrus" by the Beatles or "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles both utilize a Wurlitzer electric piano. Many artists over the years have incorporated the punchy reed tone of a Wurlitzer 200A in their recordings or performances. You know that feeling you get when you hear "Goodbye Stranger" by Super Tramp? Nothing like a little 1970s with a touch of disco. Corea even sampled his very own Rhodes Mark V for the Yamaha Motif XF series workstation.
This is no exception for top players like Herbie Hancock on "Chameleon," Ray Manzarek on "Riders on The Storm," or Chick Corea on almost every recording. Since the piano came to market in the 1960s, many great keyboard players preferred the Rhodes tone when performing live or in the studio. You can hear examples of that Rhodes sound when listening to classic songs like "You are The Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder or "No Quarter" by Led Zeppelin. Rhodes tine pianos are known for a bell-like sound and a rich, warm, rounded tone.
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