"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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Actually, I think they used a Thomas on the Lawrence Welk Show.

Eisboch

It was indeed a Thomas, a 3-keyboard model called the "Trianon".

Not to be "picky" but, as a former organ hustler, you should remember that
the lower, upper and "upper-upper" (usually the "solo") keys are referred
to as "manuals", not keyboards.

We had a three-manual Yamaha "Electone" at one time. It's main speaker was
a huge, polysomething creation shaped like the top view of a grand piano.
Yamaha claimed great sound fidelity due to the speaker shape. It had a
smaller secondary speaker, rectangular in shape, that spun on a shaft to
create a Leslie type effect.

Going back to Hammond though .... the tone generator in the originals was a
weird and often problematic mechanical device. It, combined with a rotating
horn Leslie, produced the distinctive Hammond "sound" that most of the
other organ manufacturers tried to emulate. It's really only been since the
maturing of digital sound sampling technology that the organ and keyboard
manufacturers have been able to faithfully reproduce the original Hammond
sound although there are perfectionists that claim it still falls short. To
my non-professional ear, the new Hammond/Suzuki XK3 is about as close as
you can get.

Eisboch

On Nov 22, 9:48�pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

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Actually, I think they used a Thomas on the Lawrence Welk Show.

Eisboch

It was indeed a Thomas, a 3-keyboard model called the "Trianon".

Not to be "picky" but, as a former organ hustler, you should remember that
the lower, upper and "upper-upper" �(usually the "solo") keys are referred
to as "manuals", not keyboards.

We had a three-manual Yamaha "Electone" at one time. �It's main speaker was
a huge, polysomething creation shaped like the top view of a grand piano.
Yamaha claimed great sound fidelity due to the speaker shape. �It had a
smaller secondary speaker, �rectangular in shape, that spun on a shaft to
create a Leslie type effect.

Going back to Hammond though .... the tone generator in the originals was a
weird and often problematic mechanical device. It, combined with a rotating
horn Leslie, produced the distinctive Hammond "sound" �that most of the
other organ manufacturers tried to emulate. �It's really only been since the
maturing of digital sound sampling technology that the organ and keyboard
manufacturers have been able to faithfully reproduce the original Hammond
sound although there are perfectionists that claim it still falls short. �To
my non-professional ear, the new Hammond/Suzuki �XK3 is about as close as
you can get.

Eisboch

The newer keyboards are incredibly versatile.

Showing my age here; when I played on a semi-regular basis my rig was
a Farfisa Compact Duo. Weighed about 75 pounds, was as awkward as a
matress to move and couldn't do half of what something that weighs 10
pounds and is only 4 inches thick can do today. Ran a VOX bass guitar
amp that came in handy -on the nights the bass player was too stoned
to show up I'd fake in with keyboard bass. I blew the speaker once,
however, with a bit too much percussion on the keyboard bass. That
bass speaker enjoyed a nice, soft attack. The other half of the
amplification was through a Fender Bandmaster, and a leslie when I
could borrow it from a friend.

I still remember the "reverb box". What a trip. There was a physical
spring in that thing! Iron Butterfly used the same reverb box for some
memorable special effects.

Always felt sorry for the guys who insisted on packing a B-3
everywhere. One of the few area clubs that regularly hired second-
string local talent (a category that would have included my band) back
in the late 60's was called Apricot Orange, and the only way in was up
a very long and very steep flight of stairs. About halfway up the
stairs that B-3 seems to weigh about 1000 pounds, even with end-
movers. People would start looking for suckers to help out, and I was
the sucker a couple of times. :-)

The M-3 was a better choice, at least from a logistical standpoint.

I always enjoyed starting one of the old tone-wheel models, however.
it was sort of like starting an airplane. You held up one "start"
switch unil the tone wheel got up sufficient rpm, and then it was
necessary to flip the "run" switch right next to it.

To this day, I don't think there's a better blues organ than the B3-
and that would include even the finest of the digital products
currently offered. Sort of like a tube amplifier produces a warmer
sound, they can't quite duplicate the electro-mechanical tone wheel
sound with a digital approach.

Here its 48 outside and 58 in the warehouse, so I think tonight I'll
flush out the boats and give them the pink douche, and pull the
batteries. then dream for spring.

Eisboch wrote:
Just noticed it's occasionally snowing out there. Cold rain, then a short
blast of the white junk.
Hard to believe .... or accept.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Just noticed it's occasionally snowing out there. Cold rain, then a short
blast of the white junk.
Hard to believe .... or accept.

Eisboch


The hell it is.


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On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:22:23 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Just noticed it's occasionally snowing out there. Cold rain, then a short
blast of the white junk.
Hard to believe .... or accept.

=======================

Time to head south, way south.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:22:23 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Just noticed it's occasionally snowing out there. Cold rain, then a short
blast of the white junk.
Hard to believe .... or accept.

=======================

Time to head south, way south.

Yes it is.

Mrs.E finally gave the thumbs up for a cruise south ..... next year.
Something to look forward to anyway.

Have a safe voyage for the remainder of your trip. Your trip report brought
back a lot of good memories.

Eisboch

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:31:40 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Have a safe voyage for the remainder of your trip. Your trip report brought
back a lot of good memories.

So far so good, thanks. We pulled into Fernandina Beach just before
sunrise Tuesday morning just as planned. The last 300 miles offshore
were a walk in the park, big contrast with the first night south of
Beaufort. We rented a car in Fernandina to spend a few days with
family over the holiday but we'll be finishing up the rest of the trip
next week.

One of the good things about our extended stay in northern NC was that
we were an easy drive from Coinjock Marina, so I got to score a few
more of their world famous prime ribs this year. :-)

Wayne.B wrote in
news
so I got to score a few
more of their world famous prime ribs this year. :-)

More ballast??....(c;

Larry
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Xterm IS the ultimate video game...(c;

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:00:45 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:31:40 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Have a safe voyage for the remainder of your trip. Your trip report brought
back a lot of good memories.

So far so good, thanks. We pulled into Fernandina Beach just before
sunrise Tuesday morning just as planned. The last 300 miles offshore
were a walk in the park, big contrast with the first night south of
Beaufort. We rented a car in Fernandina to spend a few days with
family over the holiday but we'll be finishing up the rest of the trip
next week.

One of the good things about our extended stay in northern NC was that
we were an easy drive from Coinjock Marina, so I got to score a few
more of their world famous prime ribs this year. :-)

Glad to hear all is well. Take care!
--
John H