A rare and historically important instrument, the RCA Storytone piano was built in 1939 in a joint venture between Story & Clark and RCA. The first American electric piano, it debuted at the 1939 World’s Fair. It has an art deco/streamline design that rivals that of the finest furniture of the era. The piano has normal strings and action but no soundboard — this Storytone has electromagnetic pickups and a speaker system. When amplified, it works especially well for sustained styles of playing, and sounds much more like a real piano than a Rhodes, Wurlitzer or Helpinstill, and fuller and thicker than a Yamaha CP-70 or Kawai EP-308. However, this particular Storytone is missing its amp/PSU. This Storytone piano comes with an original “standard” Storytone bench (NOT the one shown in the pictures with the piano; it’s the one in the other five pictures). We have another Storytone piano available for a few hundred dollars more, and it has its original tube amp and power supply, and the electronics on that one are restored and fully functional. However, the back board cover on that other Storytone is ripped off (cosmetic damage only, no functional effect on the instrument, most people place the back of the piano against the wall anyway). We have it in a separate Reverb listing. We are open to “mixing and matching” certain parts between the two pianos.