Harold Rhodes (other)
Harold Rhodes is the name of: * Harold Rhodes (inventor) (1910–2000), inventor of the Army Air Corps Piano, the Pre-piano and the Rhodes piano * Harold Rhodes (cricketer) (born 1936), English former cricketer * Harold Winston Rhodes (1905–1987), New Zealand university professor of English See also * Harold Rhode Harold Rhode (born September 19, 1949) is an American specialist on the Middle East. Harold Rhode studied in and traveled extensively throughout the Islamic world and has studied and done research in universities and libraries in Egypt, Israel, Syri ...

Harold Rhodes (inventor)
Harold Burroughs Rhodes (December 28, 1910 – December 17, 2000) was an American music inventor of the Army Air Corps Piano, the Pre-piano and the Rhodes piano (Fender Rhodes). He started his career by running piano schools around the United States. Early life and career Rhodes was born in San Fernando, California, and became interested in music and architecture. He received a scholarship to study architecture at the University of Southern California but in 1929, as the Great Depression began, he dropped out to support his family. He began teaching piano when he was 19, and developed his own method that was designed to bridge classical piano instruction, with its reliance on written music, and jazz improvisation. The Rhodes Method was picked up across the United States. During World War II, he joined the Army Air Corps, where he gave lessons to fellow servicemen and entertained wounded airmen. To bring a small, portable piano to bedridden patients, in 1942 he built a 29-no ...
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Harold Rhodes (cricketer)
Harold James Rhodes (born 22 July 1936) is an English former international cricketer who played two Test matches for England in 1959. He played domestically for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975 and played one day matches for Nottinghamshire between 1970 and 1973. Life and career Rhodes was born at Hadfield, Derbyshire, the son of the Derbyshire all-rounder, Albert "Dusty" Rhodes. He made his first appearance for Derbyshire Club and Ground in 1951 and played one match for the Derbyshire second eleven in 1952. He made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in the 1953 season when he played a single match against Oxford University, but began appearing regularly in the second eleven. Although his father played for the Derbyshire in 1953, they never played in the same first-class match. Rhodes was initially an off spin bowler. He played a single first-class fixture against Scotland in the 1954 season and played four first-class matches in the 1955 season. In the 1956 season he pl ...
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Harold Winston Rhodes
Harold Winston Rhodes (1905–1987) was a New Zealand university professor of English, writer and editor. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... in 1905. References 1905 births 1987 deaths New Zealand editors New Zealand writers New Zealand academics Australian emigrants to New Zealand {{NewZealand-writer-stub ...
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