[HAM] Vedr. Re: Vedr. Re: The New B-3

[Ivar Berg]

I played them all. As a piano tuner of profession,
I’ve learned to listen. And it's not only about
the sound. The action is also of great importance. And
the best keyboard action I ever came across apart from
the piano world is in Hammond 50’s heaven.
There are lots of bits and pieces that maybe
accidentally made the Hammond/Leslie-rig one of the
most important instruments of our time. So be it! I
love it!

The digital world is the future. Welcome! And I mean
it! 
But my task is trying to preserve these old
electro-mechanically items as long as possible.
And from a musician’s stand of view, the feeling
is the utter most important thing! I’m sure many
in this list feels the way I do...



--- Scott Hawthorn <organfreak at donobi.net> skrev:

> At 09:18 AM 2/1/2008, Ivar Berg wrote:
> >Quote: &#8220;Decades ago stuff was built like a
> brick
> >outhouse (polite terminology).
> >Today it's all lowest pricepoint possible.&#8221;
> >
> >It&#8217;s true. It even started in the golden
> years
> >of tonewheel production. In order to run the
> >production as many years as Hammond did, more and
> more
> >cheap components where installed, I&#8217;ve been
> >told.
> >Have played some nasty, big, later tonewheels in my
> >time. Mostly A100 and C3&#8217;s.
> >I finally found the instrument of my heart: A nice
> >50&#8217;s original B3. Technically, it&#8217;s
> bricks
> >and stones! That&#8217;s one major benefit with the
> >real deal. Among others even more important
> features:
> >The Hammond organ is the only electrical instrument
> I
> >know about, where it&#8217;s imperfection is truly
> >musical!
> >
> >Wish we could live forever. Would then challenge
> the
> >new B3 for a session 50 years from now! My B3 would
> >then be 101 years old. And I&#8217;m confident that
> >mine where the only one of them still able to make
> a
> >beep!
> 
> Maybe. But whomever it was that posted about cheap
> build quality is making 
> a big assumption unless he has actually inspected
> one up close and 
> personal. I dislike speculation about anything.
> 
> 
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