Electronic Organ and Digital Piano Service
Electronic Organ and Digital Piano Service
The Hammond Vibrato Hammond Organ consoles equipped with vibrato differ from tremulant models in the omission of the tremulant switch, tremulant control, and non-vibrato preamplifier, and in the addition of the vibrato line box, scanner, vibrato switch, and vibrato preamplifier. Three degrees of vibrato are available and also a different degree of chorus or celeste […]
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Scanner Operation From Service Manual Due to the fact that the Hammond Tone Generator runs at a precise pitch being synchronized to the 60 hertz, there is no way to create Vibrato at the tone source. Therefore, Hammond designed an “After Vibrato” system using a Scanner and a Delay Line. By introducing a phase shift in the Delay
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“Fifty years of musical excellence.” from a 50th Anniversary Hammond Co. pamphlet The Hammond Organ story began in a loft over an Evanston grocery store, for it was there, even before an electric organ was contemplated, that the organization was born that was to become the founder and leading member of an industry. Today the
Here are the original 17 drawings from the 1934 Patent Office for the Hammond Organ from Laurens Hammond.
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Remember to use ONLY Hammond Oil The Hammond Organ uses a capillary oiling system and this oil is specifically formulated to work in this environment. (1) Hammond Consoles with Two Power Switches [BV, B2, B3, CV, C2, C3, D, RT2, RT3, D100, A100, etc] There are three places to oil in these models. Looking in
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