[HAM] Fold back

[Michael Fulk]

My opinion is that TREK II percussion is superior to the original Hammond
Percussion.

The second tone henerator to which you refer was the chorus generator,
intended, in pipe organ terms to provide a "celeste" stop effect.  Many,
including me, considered it ethereally beautiful.
It had 49 tone wheels which sounded sharp and flat tones to the original
generator; it was turned on by a 49 gang switch operated by a single,
unmarled drawbar; there were no "degrees" of chorus; however a similar
effect was obtained, (in some people's opinion, not mine), by  engaging the
switch partially.

After the invention of Hammond Vibrato, the Company decided that mixing
50%vibrato and 50%non-vibrato was suffiently close to the original, and
only cost the one switch prong and a resistor.

Nobody, but NOBODY, on this list EVER uses the current chorus effect for
what it was intended, indeed cannot tell C-1 from C-2 from C-3
Fulk



> [Original Message]
> From: Gene MacDonald <genem at cushcraft.com>
> To: <hammond at zeni.net>
> Date: 9/14/2006 10:53:58 AM
> Subject: [HAM] Fold back
>
> Greetings...I've recently had the opportunity to sit at an A100 and
> noticed the foldback on the lower manual. I didn't really care for it
> and I've learned that the older model A Hammonds had a lower manual
> where the notes would go all the way down which seems more appealing to
> me. I'm told that the reason for the fold back is the tone generator has
> only 96 tone wheels. There was a model A on ebay recently that was
> upgraded to an AV by adding the vibrato scanner and Trek II percission
> and leslie switching. Are these still desireable or should I stay away
> from one. The cabinet is like the B3 but smaller and that is appealing
> also. How did they get the lower manual notes to go all the way down...a
> larger tone generator? I've heard some of the older hammonds actually
> had two tone generators.  How does the foldback on the newer A,B's and
> C's work?
>
> My M3 is stock and the upper keys are not as loud and the expression
> pedal does not seem to make up the difference and that tells 
>
> me that foldback feature would be a nice addition. Thanks in advance for
> any advise.
>
>  
>
> Gene 
>
>  
>
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