Originally Posted By: cgiles
Originally Posted By: ianmcnll
key action, again in my opinion, does play a major role in the Hammond sound, and, at least as far as I can tell, is not as crucial for the European organs.

Ian


My thoughts as well, but not just the key action. Maybe because of the nature of the instrument, musicians seem to approach it differently in terms of playing techniques. You rarely hear those percussive 'stutters', glisses and smears, extreme (volume) dynamics, etc. that almost all Hammond players employ, used on the Lowerys, Wersi's, Thomas's, Bohm's, etc. of this world. Even if used, these instruments would respond differently.

But of course, this is all just conversational. We all know there is no 'best' for everybody. As long as the instrument responds to your musical sensitivities and produces a sound that pushes your buttons, then it's done it's job.

I don't think ANY arranger will ever satisfy a dyed-in-the-wool organ aficionado. I also don't think the home/theatre/classical/pipe organ crowd would ever accept anything that didn't have 500 buttons and switches, a pedalboard, and 300 lbs. of furniture-grade wood around it (with matching bench) smile.

chas


Why do you keep comparing tonewheel organs with electronic organs.... Their sound source is as different as a grand piano vs an electric piano... And about those pipe organs, which the Hammond tried to reproduce in the first place, there is computer software called Hauptwerk which very acurately reproduces many of the greatest pipe organs in the world.

On top of that, Tyros has probably the best pipe organ sounds available in a hardware keyboard. And some of the most beatifull theatre organ sounds. And an acceptable B3.

Just get behind a tyros 5 and play those pipe organ sounds, sure there are no 500 sliders, but they sure sound authentic
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