Reviving the thread with my user review.
I posted yesterday about my extreme Craigslist deal: a 73s (standard) mark 7 with the Rhodes touch finish for $1500 which brought it into the realm of affordability and likelihood of buying vs. an old one.
I previously owned a 70s suitcase which sucked until I spent a lot to have a pro clean and tweak it to utter perfection, used it on a couple albums and sold it for a stupid loss. Anyway!
The sound of the new one is there, it's lovely. The look is there. It was perfectly tuned and evenly voiced (the original owner was a skilled tinkerer and probably tuned it). Buuut (I hate to say) the action is sooo bad, and about 8 keys stick unacceptably :(. My qualification for that is that I wholeheartedly expected it would need playing and tlc. The owner was kind enough to teach me how to adjust the key action and the couple of tools I would need. He bought it new apr 2010 (I could see from the box shipping label) but fell on hard times and was rebuilding a cp70.
I can see how a musician without inclination to tinker with the guts would outright dismiss this Rhodes as a huge failure.
In conclusion, I wholly believe with care and playing it's going to make me happy and see a lot of recording and playing time
A warning to those considering, try before you buy, just like a guitar IMO.