Each of the tone wheels in a Hammond organ actually produces a sine wave tone, there are about 91 tone wheels in a Hammond organ, when you mix any of the 9 available harmonics via the 9 drawbars for either of the keyboards, you're actually doing an early form of additive synthesis that pre-dates the additive synthesis of the Yamaha DX 7 Digital FM Synthesizer.
Every Hammond enthusiast should know about the original tonewheel organ - the Telharmonium, invented by Thaddeus Cahill in 1896. The difference is that the tonewheels were actually individual AC generators, because there was no amplifier. The second version weigher 200 tons, No recordings exist. The last one was scrapped in 1962. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telharmonium.
I love watching films like this where these actors are probably local in radio who're just trying to get the lines read. Breaks the stifling patina over big 50's media.
When my kids were little my youngest lad, about 8 at thr time went with me to bring donations to our nearest charity shop, they had in stock an old Hammond organ from a local church that was having renivations and didn;'t want it. We paid less than 100 for it and carted it home, wrangled it into his bedroom and it started righ up. He even learned a few chords and played it constantly. My daughter who had the next room complained it was like living in a funeral home.
Yes. I love the Hammond. I actually love that VIBRATO sound more than a LESLIE - if the truth be told. KEN GRIFFIN was a fine organist. LESLIES have their place - but the listener must be in the right place to really get the effect or it must be miked correctly. Then there is the maintenance, weight, sheer loudness - and where are orchestral sounds, drum rhythm patterns, Abbey Road style CD processing . . . All in all - as a home musician - I love the TYROS S SERIES YAHAMA KEYBOARDS. They produce great Hammond plus alot more ! And can also perform as good as Lowery.
Thank you for saying that. Leslie only created his speaker, to make everything sound like a sci-fi (bullshit) theater organ (foreign noises/sound effects/singing voices). You can actually get sounds like that WITHOUT ONE!!! Parts of the guy's demonstration prove it. Rock/metal (two things I hate) can have them. I don't want my instrument to sound like a haunted house, or the greatest tenor/screamer of all time.
Disagree. I'm a Millennial, and if it weren't for my father (who dabbled in electrician shit), I wouldn't have had any exposure. It's a one trick pony (to make the most somber, solemn, and serious music possible). If you like the retarded, manic-depressive gibberish (known as opera)...you're bound to love this. It's all the tremolo, which is the main reason I turn my nose up.
This is absolute gold. I love the Hammond organ and long to learn to play. I've have knowledge of this great instrument, and love this piece of nostalgia and Americana.
Bought a "chord organ in 1958 & traded it back in six weeks later. Got an M-100 & still have it! Still plays! I got to play the x-66 a couple if times but NOTHING will ever be equal to the B3!
i am a proud owner of an RT3 that was given to me with the power transformer burned because they didn't have fuses to protect it in case of an electrical malfunction. i found a replacement one and fixed and now i am enjoying it. over the years i learned how to dismantle the whole thing and got it all cleaned inside and out i even added a fuse kit purchassed from tonewheel general hospital
You are very fortunate indeed to own such a great instrument! May you enjoy it fir many years to come! I have niether tgecsoace ir the money to purchase such a beautiful instrument.
We had a similar meeting in our band back in the 70’s but it was in color and we were drinking beer! Our keyboard player had quit the band so I offered to make the transition from trumpet to keys but I had no keyboard. We talked about which instrument we wanted in our band and decided on a Hammond Organ. We went to an Organ store and bought a Hammond M3 and a Leslie Speaker! Later I bought an Arp Omni, Rhodes and other synths. Now a have a Hammond C3 with a Leslie 22h and 20 other electric pianos and synths. I’m Blessed!
The RT2 and RT3 have 32 instead of 25 pedals, and has a Pedal Solo unit. It's an all tube mono-phonic ( only 1 note at a time) tone generator which produces super low 32' pipe tones. It is amazingly rich sounding! I had an RT-2. Loved it. The ratchet draw bars broke the mood. I'm surprised they didn't change to smooth draw bars much sooner ( went to smooth in '53 onward). I guess they figured quiet passage (quiet congregation) registration changes would be accomplished by pressing the preset keys. At 19:40 Him saying the Hammond tone wheel organ is the only instrument not needing tuned is not true. The 1946- 1963 Wurlitzer Electrostatic Reed organ also never needs tuned. A GREAT ANIMATED 'TECHNICAL ARTICLE' the layman can follow for the Hammond Tone Wheel organ ( B3 and X-66!) , and the Wurlitzer Electrostatic Reed organ are at the NORTH SUBURBAN HAMMOND ORGAN SOCIETY. A must see! Just google *NSHOS Wurli 4600* . I have a 1946 Wurlitzer Series 31 electrostatic *_KEYED free reed_* organ and it's giant Wurlitzer 310 spinning metal rotor 'Vibrato Speaker. I also have, and demo on my channel, a 1956 Wurlitzer electrostatic model 4410 *_CONTINUOUS free reed_* organ. It's the spinet version of the great 4600 console. The 4600/4410's were Wurlitzers answer to Hammond's huge share of the market! These *_CONTINUOUS free reed_* models had *_Instant Attack_* . Meaning that the Wurli's could now play all of the snappy pop and jazz music the Hammond could with it's 'always in motion' on command Tone Wheels. The CONTINUOUS free reeds were placed in hermetically sealed metal boxes and all placed in a thick wall sound proof fiber board wind chest. Thus all reeds vibrated all at once from when the organ is turned on. The reeds are used 100% electronically, not acoustically. This means that the Wurlitzer electrostatic free reed organ are NOT a "reedy" sounding organ! In fact the FLUTE voice is much smoother and sweeter than a Hammond tone wheel organ. Unfortunately for Wurlitzer just as they made a huge breakthrough in '54, in 1955 Hammond dropped the B3/C3/RT3 consoles, & M3 spinet, and don't forget the Hammond S4 Chord Organ became th S6 in 1955 too! And what did all the '55 and onwards Hammonds get? KEY PERCUSSION! Hammond found DYNAMIC ATTACK! Jazz baby! FUN FACTS: Fun fact: Wurlitzer invented SUSTAIN and was introduced with the 4600. Hammond tone wheels exclude the capability for sustain. Now tech heads help me out. Could I put a TREK 2 PERCUSSION on my Wurli 4600/4410 continuous free reed organ? Don Leslie Fun fact 1: Don Leslie designed the noise cancellation control system on the Wurlitzer continuous free reed organs which cancelled the cacophony of rumble from dozens of reeds all vibrating at once and was audible in the speakers. Don Leslie Fun fact 2: Although Don marketed and sold thousands of wooden drum rotor equipped Leslie Speaker cabinets since 1941, in '46 Wurlitzer used Don's very first design! The 'steel bow tie' rotor spins above an upward pointed 12" Magnavox Field Coil Speaker, while the lower located 15" Magnavox Field Coil Speaker points straight down and Wurlitzer electronically oscillated its volume. A principle Wurlitzer later took advantaged of in their small spinning speaker SpectraTone equipped organs. That the human ear can't detect low frequency location. Thus using the 4" spinning speakers for frequency/pitch change (FM=Freq Modulation) and stationary 12" and 15" for amplitude change (Amplitude Modulation FM). Combined is AM+FM= TREMULENT. IE. Pipe organ Tremulent. Oscillate air in a pipe, you get AM...+ less air dropping pressure as it oscillates lowers pitch= FM.
I wonder what these people would have thought if they knew that Jimmy Smith and countless others would propel the Hammond Organ to be a mainstay of Jazz and Rock 'N Roll music for generations to come.
Many modern electronic keyboards have the “Hammond’’ sound as a standard preset. I bought a Hammond Composer Series Model 144, the middle of three models in Adelaide South Australia, in 1982. It is also Hammond’s 50th Anniversary model with the Hammond commemorative disc on the right hand face. Still with its various owner’s manual and tutors etc. in near mint condition. It has a sliding roll-top timber type cover, so keeps everything clean and dust free. I also have a Canadian built harmonium, also in excellent working condition. It is built with solid hardwood timber without any marks, and some very detailed carving, built 1889. Over the years they have become pieces of furniture in the house, my main keyboard being a Yamaha Arranger Model PSR-SX900 that has limitless sound possibilities. From time to time, all three get played when we have musical evenings with our musician friends. A throwback to a time when folks made their own musical entertainment. Thanks for sharing this little historical gem. Sadly, the Hammond factory closed down many years ago. Greetings from Tasmania Australia.🎼🎹🇦🇺🦘
Great story! The Hammonds were ubiquitous in churches without huge expensive pipe organs in the 60s/70s, well before digital came on the scene. They had their own unique sound, nothing really like a pipe organ despite the manufacturer claims, but unique nonetheless. The magnetic induction mechanism was revolutionary, although the maintenance must have been a pain, so many moving parts as ingenious as it was.
I love the "not so subtle" slam of pipe organs.... Reference tuning costs.... Pipe organs even then were a larger investment then a hammond... I do enjoy watching this over and over.... (obviously) ...
Hey, when you market a product, you have to talk about how you’re so much better than the competition! Pipe organ manufacturers went after the Hammond for not being a “real” organ, to justify their own much higher manufacturing prices, and even tried to go after the Hammond company through the Federal Trade Commission for claims of false advertising.
If it sounds goofy AF, if it sounds like the end of October, if it requires too much attention/love/talent/intelligence, knowledge of classical music, etc...then it's an organ. Whether we like it or not, Hammond started something (Leslie only added to that). That's the short of it.
Are you kidding? They made an entire dramatic short film! It's also interesting to hear the organ as it was intended. I'm not entirely sure that the tone at 13:35 is pure hammond tone, if it is, I need instructions on replicating it! This is incredible. Thank you for posting this gem.
It is pure hammond tone, but you need the pedal solo unit found only on the RT3 or D150 the self contained version what you hear is thev32ft. Stops along with 8,4,2,and 1ft pitch.
Certainly, professionals must have pipes, but us lesser musicians need affordable instruments. Hammond has filled the gap. I was raised a lutheren in a small country church, when my sister got married dad had a M100 set in and it never left. Our organist, Virginia Schaffer, did a wonderful job playing it. Its not how pro you are, its how you play whats in your heart. I believe Mr lauren said he wanted to put an organ in every home, and how sad thats not salesmems motto today. I enjoy playing a 935 Hammond, never wish it had pipes. Affordability means more.
@@hermannipihlajamaa4438 Yeah! I know it was an RT-3 in the movie ( I own the Hammond Book and know the differences), but there's a picture of a C3 at the end! That's my dream Hammond!
Pure gold! Of course: add a Leslie and the Hammond organ is unbeatable to this day. Glad to see a console Hammond on many a stage again and actually hear it in the mix. Together with the grand piano my absolute favorite keyboard instrument.
Right now it's hard to tell if if the B-3 you're looking at is really a Hammond B-3 or a Suzuki made B-3. They look identical on the outside but not on the inside. No tone wheels or tubes to all solid state.
@@michaelrocker9000 Yep. I have a Suz. Hammond XK-3 system in a custom B-3 cabinet. Very similar to the New B-3. I heard the New B-3's suffer from bad contacts by now. It's not the same at all anyway on the XK-3 system. Key click is always the exact same sample re-triggered. It sounds much better with a Leslie, but still not the same. Chorus-Vib sucks. The XK-5 seems to be a little better, but still not the same. Some recent software versions sound good though. The problem with these old Hammonds is that, even refurbished and recapped, you get bad contacts, especially the drawbars. But yeah: that warm, almost liquid sound and those slivery high whistles if you have them drawn, with that breathy leakage and just enough tonewheel wobble - plus that creamy Leslie main amp distortion: heaven!
The Hammond will always hold a special place in my heart and it will always be my favorite keyboard instrument. Anyone who’s ever sat down at a Hammond will tell you…they’re the most “living” musical instruments the electronic world ever devised. This moving, breathing, whirring machine with seemingly endless sonic possibilities, a distinct personality and even a distinct smell. Everything about the Hammond is an all-encompassing experience…
The Pedal Solo unit in the RT organs goes to 32'. Find you an HR40 cab. Mine blasts! There is a wild Hammond tech service bulletin for the HR40 that states, "Remove Reverb Unit, wrap in newspaper and dispose of in customer's garbage. Then build preamp adapter from schematic [just a transistor and resistor and a capacitor...parts probably with the bulletin], and install new spring unit. I love my Hammond AO-35 amp + 3-spring necklace Reverb that came in my lucky gift for raking leaves, Hammond S6 Chord Organ. I'm a guitar player since age 12 in 1978, but I hate seeing people ruin AO-35 and AO-44 reverb amps for guitar amps. I've built many guitar amps, organs make mediocre guitar and hi-fi amp builds. So please save the organs.
Interestingly enough... Hammond went out of business years and years ago.... and yet.... they sell used for more then what they sold for new.... it is not uncommon to see a price tag on a hammond of $14,000.00 when new the top models sold for 3,000.00 or less... There is even a company who is building models of organs using the hammond name along with models that mimic the look and sound of a hammond.... The old original hammond organs were known as work horses of the industry... they truly were great organs....
Ironically the demonstrating organist is named Allen Temple which is the name of an African-American Church in Oakland CA, where they use Hammond Organs without having to try to make them sound like Pipe Organs.
@@mortalclown3812 Hammond was often at odds with some of their best customers and recording artists. To some exception to this was a guy out of San Francisco named Hal Shutz who did Concerts and Demonstration Records for Hammond, but he could be a convincing Jazz player when permitted. Outside their sphere of approval we're Fats Waller, Count Basie (better known as Pianists but both cut Hammond Organ sides also), Les Strand, Wild Bill Davis, Bill Doggett, Milt Buckner, Doug Duke, Buddy Cole, Dick Hyman and a few unrecorded legends like Charlie Stewart. Various Gospel Players, Rev. Maceo Woods, among others.
I play keyboards by ear butvas a teenager, I was enamored withbthe Hammond. My interest in the organ began with a sample 45 rpm plastic record and a labeled cardboard keyboard. I loved it and before long I was playing the real thing and loving it even more! I play an electronic one thst incan easily move around. It has several food organ settings on it but in my opinion, there is no sound greater than that of the HAMMOND! I am a nostalgic person so I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. Sadly, these lovely instruments are dying out with so many people who never got to enjoy Hammonds rich beautiful sound! Theyvare hard to come by these days. THANK-YOU for highlighting my entire week by posting this! Inwas un music HEAVEN!
Problem is in many area like mine, Technicians have retired or passed away and nobody is replacing them. I have to get rid of my B3 because there are no Techs to repair them.
its great to see this video,i love the hammond organs and i play them too and there are a lot of keyboards,organs and so on but there is only 1 instrument with the golden sound and for me personally its the hammond organ.A great instrument with a great and unique sound.Super👍👍👍
Porter Heaps used to play for my evening church services when I ministered in Palo Alto back in the 1980s. He told me he was the one who hooked it up to a Leslie for the first time. Around the time I met him, he finally met Leslie, who told him that he made him a millionaire. Mr Hammond was unhappy with him because it was designed as a pipe organ substitute. But he asked Mr Hammond, don't you want to sell organs? Hammond gave in. I grew up learning how to play the organ using a Porter Heaps method book.
I usually associate the Hammond organ with smooth jazz and blues, rather than church stuff. But then again, where do you think those jazz and blues musicians first learned to play one?
All People That On Earth Do Dwell is the name of the hymn. The same tune is used for the Doxology or Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow. In my experience, the bottom part is different for the hymn.
friend you do an incredible job, congratulations and thank you for sharing these videos. Sometimes I wonder, if the people that you appreciate in your life still live ...
I would too, however it's the church budget and the size of the church that determines whether or not a pipe organ or an electric organ can be afforded.
Love this video! I'm starting a hammond band in Europe, and I'd like to use a piece of this material for a musicvideo if possible. Can you provide the info of the company who owns the rights, so I can send them a message, please? Thanks in advance
I knew an Allan Brinkman, a superb musician, especially a trad jazz clarinet exponent. He passed away many years ago, I used to sit in and record their jazz band rehearsals. The house owner had a Hammond bought in 1970 one of the big models with big ‘Leslie’ sound cabinet. Greetings from Tasmania Australia.
An electric organ by any company isn’t an investment, it’s just an expense. A fine pipe organ is an investment that actually appreciates in value if properly maintained. That said, I thoroughly enjoyed the film, it’s a treasure!
When I look back on my love of fine accordions over my lifetime, certainly they could be considered 'just an expense', as could my trombones. So could my cameras, my watches excepting the gold Rolex. How boring our lives would be if only we confined ourselves to 'investments'. Actually, one of these fine organs could cost an automobile price, and cars certainly aren't considered 'an investment'.
You are correct! Without the Leslie the Hammond sounds sterile. I guess in the setting of this ad it’s fine. I hear the reverberation. It quite difficult to listen to the organ. Very dry. Maybe it’s the old video.
Donald Leslie made the first speaker in 1941. So it most likely was available when this film was made. He sold his company to CBS Music division which at the time bought out Fender. Fender employees bought Fender back from CBS. Leslie is now made by Suzuki-Hammond USA.
That was a HUGE MISTAKE! Now I know why I don't like this instrument (when one is used) and theater organs. Leslie wanted that kind of sound (which drives me up a wall). I don't like organs at all, but learned about them from my ex-father. A sterile sound is how it should sound. Not a operatic tenor that has no control over: loudness, seriousness, and emotion. I don't want to put up with something that's going to make me shed tears, or ruin my day.
@@websurfin9575 That's right! Finally, someone on YT understands me. I don't like organs because they sound so unpleasant, embarrassing, alternative, different, narcissistic, and the list goes on. I hate people, places, and things that like to be show offs. I also hate the shit out of Halloween and alternative people. I'm not making any of this up. I hate being highly intelligent. People with high IQ's like shit that's depicted in that video. Also a bad way to represent the 1950s, one of my favorite decades.
In over 50 years I busted my butt moving Hammond B and C 3 organs for live music venues along with Leslie cabinets. I got to see the great Keith Emmerson as well as Rick Wakeman and Booker T and Greg Allman. I can go on and on. The sad part is that Hammond is now owned by Suzuki and the newer version of the B-3 is all solid state. No tone wheel or tubes.
That theme is a part in Jean Sibelius's orchestral work Finlandia. Very important music for all (I hope) Finns and our musical (and country's) history.
It isn't the projector. It's the film material itself, dry, brittle and warped. We had problems with the film running through our top running projector. :)
Gotta love the B3, as it's been used in a lot of roll bands!! As a young boy, learned on a Baldwin CT2,with a built in Leslie. I was given lesssons, by a professional organist, who knew how to make the Leslie speaker shine!! AND THE REST IS HISTORY!!
Scandalous instrument for professional organists and organ makers, but a fantastic thing to have in your house, or on stage :) Really the first successful electronic imposter, with some help from Leslie. No acoustic organ, but really has never been matched in the new lane it created. Synths have so many personalities, they are difficult to control and predict. Finally there are a few "clonewheels" which have mostly taken over because they can be moved and seldom need a specialist. But a real hammond and Leslie still rule in terms of pure sound....from a speaker. No electronic instrument matches an acoustic in person, at least in the right room, but reproduction (listening via speakers) can make it hard to tell sometimes.
My parish church where I grew up had a Hammond organ and I never liked it. It always sounded fake and undesirable. Hearing this Holy God We Praise Thy Name takes me back to that awful time when I always thought that a service of worship was deserving of something better. There was no comparison to the sound and registration of a pipe organ.
I agree with you. I'm younger generation (Millennial). I was persuaded by my ex-father (an electrician), to have an interest in them. No way. That also turned off/away from becoming a tech. I always wondered why they sound so drunk, goofy, and emotional. Thanks to internet research and YT, now I know. Nothing will ever replace, or come close, to the TRADITIONAL pipe organ. In its original form, Hammond made a diverse product (this video shows it). Traditional pipe organs are still made today. Builders are busy as ever, building new ones, and fixing old ones.
While the Hammond organ surely is a great organ, associating the drawbars with the names or real instruments is stretching the analogies a little too far. If Lachy Doley had showed her his skills ua-cam.com/video/_eXAxleRkDw/v-deo.html She wouldn’t have bought it.
Strangely enough, the Strings, Reeds, and Flutes mentioned are not real instruments, but the names of so-called "families" of tones that organ pipes produce. There was a time not long before this film was produced (1860's - 1930's) where organ builders tried (with disputable success) to imitate instruments like clarinets, flutes, and trumpets, but that movement died and organs were left with strings that did not really sound like violins, reeds that despite their names were unique to organs, and flutes that were, since they are like organ pipes, actually quite convincing. As for Lachy Doley, it's really fascinating how the Hammond tried to become a pipe organ replacer, but like the tone families mentioned above, became a unique and interesting sound in and of itself.
Through my years of watching organ videos on UA-cam, I’ve seen many of your comments. Never has there been a positive one. What a bitter and miserable man you appear to be.
Mrs Berry plays the organ already, so why does she need lessons? And its not always necessary to have a pipe organ. Many cases like this it's also impractical. The Hammond organ is a stunning instrument.
Why must HAMMOND always play JAZZ or CHURCH. Why not that other organ - THEATRE ? VARIETY SHOW SINGALONG music also rocks. I'm not a boring old fart either. . .
It's an Rt3 but you right before the Leslie it did the Hammond and unjust do to all of the beautiful tones old man Hammond wanted it to sound like the pipe organ in the church.and fought hard against old man leslie.for not putting the Hammond with but he lost and the best thing that happened to the Hammond organ besides be invented was the Leslie speaker now those babies can scream.when I was a young boy in the 40s this old lady next door to me had an back in the day radio with deep bass there was no TV yet as least in Mobile.the soap operas was on that's the first time I heard the rich and beautiful tones of the Hammond organ.it went all through me.until this day I've been playing the Hammond B3-C3-CV-M3.i have two CV's and a M3.they can try to duplicate the original Hammond but they will never get the true old tube sound nor the true vibrato like the old one because of the silver vibrato box under the left back cover of the organ the old Hammond to me in tube soft and the recreated ones are more of a crisper sound.but the technology is great with transposing , piano etc.and would by one if I could they very high so are good shaped old Hammond because the don't make them anymore.jusy my opinion.old Hammond's Are furniture, and antiques.if you have one keep it peace to all
The original is the best. Leslie's creation ruined the original purposes of the instrument. He wanted any Hammond organ to sound like his (Leslie) theater organ shit. Listen to early records, like Milt Herth, from the mid-late 30s. I'm not sure what his drawbars/other crap were set to, but it sounded synth-like. With some modification, it CAN sound like a theater organ, but not the full-on, tenor/soprano opera singer shit (that turns me off). Tibia Clausa, if I'm not mistaking. I always hear online about "getting the organ to sing," I find it disgusting. If the only type of singing is like Enrico Caruso (always comes to mind), then that's not impressive. Other styles should be "sung." The organ (console, input) is one thing. The output (speaker system) is another. It goes for any amplified instrument. I admit that I like what Jon Lord did (use a Marshall amp, and think outside the Leslie box). I've seen other guitar amps and home theater speakers, hooked up to these. So...the possibilities are endless, and amazing.
Each of the tone wheels in a Hammond organ actually produces a sine wave tone, there are about 91 tone wheels in a Hammond organ, when you mix any of the 9 available harmonics via the 9 drawbars for either of the keyboards, you're actually doing an early form of additive synthesis that pre-dates the additive synthesis of the Yamaha DX 7 Digital FM Synthesizer.
having been at the old hammond factory in chicago, i can tell you, they never thought the b3 would be used in rock or jazz the way it became...
"Be Still My Soul", played in the final church scene, remains my favorite hymn from my little Presbyterian church. Thanks so much!
what a classic treasure this film is!!! Beautiful- and 32' FOOT PITCH ON A HAMMOND ORGAN!!? Those were rare!!!!
I love hearing any musical instrument, but there’s something about the Hammond Organ that fills my soul with joy.
This film is quite a treasure.
Indeed!
Every Hammond enthusiast should know about the original tonewheel organ - the Telharmonium, invented by Thaddeus Cahill in 1896. The difference is that the tonewheels were actually individual AC generators, because there was no amplifier. The second version weigher 200 tons, No recordings exist. The last one was scrapped in 1962.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telharmonium.
I have a C3 in my home. Great video.
do you have a Leslie too?
I love watching films like this where these actors are probably local in radio who're just trying to get the lines read. Breaks the stifling patina over big 50's media.
what a wonderful organ indeed. I also used the hammond for many years. It is truly amazing!
The exterior is the Edgebrook Lutheran church in Chicago. It's still there
Yes. They have a 25 rank Reuter pipe organ.
Thank you for sharing this treasure!👍🏽
35,000 churches that aided in promoting the idea the only sound an organ makes is the sleepy, "Funeral Parlor" sound.
When my kids were little my youngest lad, about 8 at thr time went with me to bring donations to our nearest charity shop, they had in stock an old Hammond organ from a local church that was having renivations and didn;'t want it. We paid less than 100 for it and carted it home, wrangled it into his bedroom and it started righ up. He even learned a few chords and played it constantly. My daughter who had the next room complained it was like living in a funeral home.
Siblings!
Yes. I love the Hammond. I actually love that VIBRATO sound more than a LESLIE - if the truth be told.
KEN GRIFFIN was a fine organist. LESLIES have their place - but the listener must be in the right place to really get the effect or it must be miked correctly. Then there is the maintenance, weight, sheer loudness - and where are orchestral sounds, drum rhythm patterns, Abbey Road style CD processing . . .
All in all - as a home musician - I love the TYROS S SERIES YAHAMA KEYBOARDS.
They produce great Hammond plus alot more ! And can also perform as good as Lowery.
Thank you for saying that. Leslie only created his speaker, to make everything sound like a sci-fi (bullshit) theater organ (foreign noises/sound effects/singing voices). You can actually get sounds like that WITHOUT ONE!!! Parts of the guy's demonstration prove it. Rock/metal (two things I hate) can have them. I don't want my instrument to sound like a haunted house, or the greatest tenor/screamer of all time.
I was 5 when this was made. Oh my, how the world has changed!
This organ was built for all generations and the body of the organ is timeless and will never go out of style
Disagree. I'm a Millennial, and if it weren't for my father (who dabbled in electrician shit), I wouldn't have had any exposure. It's a one trick pony (to make the most somber, solemn, and serious music possible). If you like the retarded, manic-depressive gibberish (known as opera)...you're bound to love this. It's all the tremolo, which is the main reason I turn my nose up.
This is absolute gold. I love the Hammond organ and long to learn to play. I've have knowledge of this great instrument, and love this piece of nostalgia and Americana.
I AGREE 100#.THANKS FOR POSTING THIS UP.
Everyone that has a Hammond organ should also have a Hammond spin-start clock to go with it! 😸😸
I own a 1956 Hammond M3 and it's absolutely fantastic sounding.
Bought a "chord organ in 1958 & traded it back in six weeks later. Got an M-100 & still have it! Still plays! I got to play the x-66 a couple if times but NOTHING will ever be equal to the B3!
The Hammond organ is magnificent and the only reason that I am a musician!!! Thank you for posting and thank you Hammond Organ company!!
What a beautiful sounding organ!
I like a pipe organ for hymns , anthems and classical music and Hammond Organ for gospel and contemporary christian music
i am a proud owner of an RT3 that was given to me with the power transformer burned because they didn't have fuses to protect it in case of an electrical malfunction. i found a replacement one and fixed and now i am enjoying it. over the years i learned how to dismantle the whole thing and got it all cleaned inside and out i even added a fuse kit purchassed from tonewheel general hospital
You are very fortunate indeed to own such a great instrument! May you enjoy it fir many years to come!
I have niether tgecsoace ir the money to purchase such a beautiful instrument.
Congrats, the RT3 is the best Hammond organ.
We had a similar meeting in our band back in the 70’s but it was in color and we were drinking beer! Our keyboard player had quit the band so I offered to make the transition from trumpet to keys but I had no keyboard. We talked about which instrument we wanted in our band and decided on a Hammond Organ. We went to an Organ store and bought a Hammond M3 and a Leslie Speaker! Later I bought an Arp Omni, Rhodes and other synths. Now a have a Hammond C3 with a Leslie 22h and 20 other electric pianos and synths. I’m Blessed!
The model first demonstrated is the RT-3 (also played at the end). Sounds like the B-3, but has some extra features.
been looking for the model, thank you!
The RT2 and RT3 have 32 instead of 25 pedals, and has a Pedal Solo unit. It's an all tube mono-phonic ( only 1 note at a time) tone generator which produces super low 32' pipe tones. It is amazingly rich sounding! I had an RT-2. Loved it. The ratchet draw bars broke the mood. I'm surprised they didn't change to smooth draw bars much sooner ( went to smooth in '53 onward). I guess they figured quiet passage (quiet congregation) registration changes would be accomplished by pressing the preset keys. At 19:40 Him saying the Hammond tone wheel organ is the only instrument not needing tuned is not true. The 1946- 1963 Wurlitzer Electrostatic Reed organ also never needs tuned. A GREAT ANIMATED 'TECHNICAL ARTICLE' the layman can follow for the Hammond Tone Wheel organ ( B3 and X-66!) , and the Wurlitzer Electrostatic Reed organ are at the NORTH SUBURBAN HAMMOND ORGAN SOCIETY. A must see! Just google *NSHOS Wurli 4600* .
I have a 1946 Wurlitzer Series 31 electrostatic *_KEYED free reed_* organ and it's giant Wurlitzer 310 spinning metal rotor 'Vibrato Speaker. I also have, and demo on my channel, a 1956 Wurlitzer electrostatic model 4410 *_CONTINUOUS free reed_* organ. It's the spinet version of the great 4600 console. The 4600/4410's were Wurlitzers answer to Hammond's huge share of the market! These *_CONTINUOUS free reed_* models had *_Instant Attack_* . Meaning that the Wurli's could now play all of the snappy pop and jazz music the Hammond could with it's 'always in motion' on command Tone Wheels. The CONTINUOUS free reeds were placed in hermetically sealed metal boxes and all placed in a thick wall sound proof fiber board wind chest. Thus all reeds vibrated all at once from when the organ is turned on. The reeds are used 100% electronically, not acoustically. This means that the Wurlitzer electrostatic free reed organ are NOT a "reedy" sounding organ! In fact the FLUTE voice is much smoother and sweeter than a Hammond tone wheel organ.
Unfortunately for Wurlitzer just as they made a huge breakthrough in '54, in 1955 Hammond dropped the B3/C3/RT3 consoles, & M3 spinet, and don't forget the Hammond S4 Chord Organ became th S6 in 1955 too! And what did all the '55 and onwards Hammonds get? KEY PERCUSSION! Hammond found DYNAMIC ATTACK! Jazz baby!
FUN FACTS:
Fun fact: Wurlitzer invented SUSTAIN and was introduced with the 4600. Hammond tone wheels exclude the capability for sustain. Now tech heads help me out. Could I put a TREK 2 PERCUSSION on my Wurli 4600/4410 continuous free reed organ?
Don Leslie Fun fact 1: Don Leslie designed the noise cancellation control system on the Wurlitzer continuous free reed organs which cancelled the cacophony of rumble from dozens of reeds all vibrating at once and was audible in the speakers.
Don Leslie Fun fact 2: Although Don marketed and sold thousands of wooden drum rotor equipped Leslie Speaker cabinets since 1941, in '46 Wurlitzer used Don's very first design! The 'steel bow tie' rotor spins above an upward pointed 12" Magnavox Field Coil Speaker, while the lower located 15" Magnavox Field Coil Speaker points straight down and Wurlitzer electronically oscillated its volume. A principle Wurlitzer later took advantaged of in their small spinning speaker SpectraTone equipped organs. That the human ear can't detect low frequency location. Thus using the 4" spinning speakers for frequency/pitch change (FM=Freq Modulation) and stationary 12" and 15" for amplitude change (Amplitude Modulation FM). Combined is AM+FM= TREMULENT. IE. Pipe organ Tremulent. Oscillate air in a pipe, you get AM...+ less air dropping pressure as it oscillates lowers pitch= FM.
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I wonder what these people would have thought if they knew that Jimmy Smith and countless others would propel the Hammond Organ to be a mainstay of Jazz and Rock 'N Roll music for generations to come.
In my mind I was writing an SNL-style rebuttal. Ideally featuring Leslie Jones. Maybe Billy Preston via hologram. 😂
Many modern electronic keyboards have the “Hammond’’ sound as a standard preset. I bought a Hammond Composer Series Model 144, the middle of three models in Adelaide South Australia, in 1982. It is also Hammond’s 50th Anniversary model with the Hammond commemorative disc on the right hand face. Still with its various owner’s manual and tutors etc. in near mint condition. It has a sliding roll-top timber type cover, so keeps everything clean and dust free. I also have a Canadian built harmonium, also in excellent working condition. It is built with solid hardwood timber without any marks, and some very detailed carving, built 1889. Over the years they have become pieces of furniture in the house, my main keyboard being a Yamaha Arranger Model PSR-SX900 that has limitless sound possibilities. From time to time, all three get played when we have musical evenings with our musician friends. A throwback to a time when folks made their own musical entertainment. Thanks for sharing this little historical gem. Sadly, the Hammond factory closed down many years ago. Greetings from Tasmania Australia.🎼🎹🇦🇺🦘
Great story! The Hammonds were ubiquitous in churches without huge expensive pipe organs in the 60s/70s, well before digital came on the scene. They had their own unique sound, nothing really like a pipe organ despite the manufacturer claims, but unique nonetheless. The magnetic induction mechanism was revolutionary, although the maintenance must have been a pain, so many moving parts as ingenious as it was.
I love the "not so subtle" slam of pipe organs.... Reference tuning costs.... Pipe organs even then were a larger investment then a hammond... I do enjoy watching this over and over.... (obviously) ...
Hey, when you market a product, you have to talk about how you’re so much better than the competition!
Pipe organ manufacturers went after the Hammond for not being a “real” organ, to justify their own much higher manufacturing prices, and even tried to go after the Hammond company through the Federal Trade Commission for claims of false advertising.
If it sounds goofy AF, if it sounds like the end of October, if it requires too much attention/love/talent/intelligence, knowledge of classical music, etc...then it's an organ. Whether we like it or not, Hammond started something (Leslie only added to that). That's the short of it.
Are you kidding? They made an entire dramatic short film! It's also interesting to hear the organ as it was intended. I'm not entirely sure that the tone at 13:35 is pure hammond tone, if it is, I need instructions on replicating it! This is incredible. Thank you for posting this gem.
It is pure hammond tone, but you need the pedal solo unit found only on the RT3 or D150 the self contained version what you hear is thev32ft. Stops along with 8,4,2,and 1ft pitch.
The Hammond is a wonderfull organ.
I have a 1954 Hammond RT2 with a Leslie and two Hammond tone cabinets and I love it!!!
Certainly, professionals must have pipes, but us lesser musicians need affordable instruments. Hammond has filled the gap. I was raised a lutheren in a small country church, when my sister got married dad had a M100 set in and it never left. Our organist, Virginia Schaffer, did a wonderful job playing it. Its not how pro you are, its how you play whats in your heart. I believe Mr lauren said he wanted to put an organ in every home, and how sad thats not salesmems motto today. I enjoy playing a 935 Hammond, never wish it had pipes. Affordability means more.
That was a wonderful piece of gold! I am an Hammond organ fanatic! I had an M3 and dreamed of having a C3 like on this archives.
C3 it isn't, though. It's the (heavier) RT-3 with more pedals and a pedal solo unit. Less known but as good.
@@hermannipihlajamaa4438 Yeah! I know it was an RT-3 in the movie ( I own the Hammond Book and know the differences), but there's a picture of a C3 at the end! That's my dream Hammond!
Pure gold! Of course: add a Leslie and the Hammond organ is unbeatable to this day. Glad to see a console Hammond on many a stage again and actually hear it in the mix. Together with the grand piano my absolute favorite keyboard instrument.
Right now it's hard to tell if if the B-3 you're looking at is really a Hammond B-3 or a Suzuki made B-3. They look identical on the outside but not on the inside. No tone wheels or tubes to all solid state.
@@michaelrocker9000 Yep. I have a Suz. Hammond XK-3 system in a custom B-3 cabinet. Very similar to the New B-3. I heard the New B-3's suffer from bad contacts by now. It's not the same at all anyway on the XK-3 system. Key click is always the exact same sample re-triggered. It sounds much better with a Leslie, but still not the same. Chorus-Vib sucks. The XK-5 seems to be a little better, but still not the same. Some recent software versions sound good though. The problem with these old Hammonds is that, even refurbished and recapped, you get bad contacts, especially the drawbars. But yeah: that warm, almost liquid sound and those slivery high whistles if you have them drawn, with that breathy leakage and just enough tonewheel wobble - plus that creamy Leslie main amp distortion: heaven!
At the time this Film was made Hammond would Void the Warranty of any Leslie Equipped Organ
@@craigbrowning9448 yes I know. Hammond didn't want the organ to be connected to a Leslie cabinet. Musicians did, because it sounds so much better.
The Hammond will always hold a special place in my heart and it will always be my favorite keyboard instrument. Anyone who’s ever sat down at a Hammond will tell you…they’re the most “living” musical instruments the electronic world ever devised. This moving, breathing, whirring machine with seemingly endless sonic possibilities, a distinct personality and even a distinct smell. Everything about the Hammond is an all-encompassing experience…
"Love, hope and redemption" - Amen. 🙏
They should have invited Jimmy Smith or Milt Buckner to demonstrate a Hammond B3 and show these people what a Hammond can REALLY sound like! . HA!
涙が出るほど良い音ですね。
No full great Hammond preset has ever sounded like that!
I sure can't get my a100 and pr40 to sound like that
RT3's do! They are beastly.
The Pedal Solo unit in the RT organs goes to 32'. Find you an HR40 cab. Mine blasts! There is a wild Hammond tech service bulletin for the HR40 that states, "Remove Reverb Unit, wrap in newspaper and dispose of in customer's garbage. Then build preamp adapter from schematic [just a transistor and resistor and a capacitor...parts probably with the bulletin], and install new spring unit. I love my Hammond AO-35 amp + 3-spring necklace Reverb that came in my lucky gift for raking leaves, Hammond S6 Chord Organ. I'm a guitar player since age 12 in 1978, but I hate seeing people ruin AO-35 and AO-44 reverb amps for guitar amps. I've built many guitar amps, organs make mediocre guitar and hi-fi amp builds. So please save the organs.
@@OrganMusicYT The underrated Pedal Solo unit! I'm surprised synth purists don't praise their tone...maybe some do? It's a stand-alone tube unit.
@@Ccyawn123 love you’re organ playing. Been a fan for years
Interestingly enough... Hammond went out of business years and years ago.... and yet.... they sell used for more then what they sold for new.... it is not uncommon to see a price tag on a hammond of $14,000.00 when new the top models sold for 3,000.00 or less... There is even a company who is building models of organs using the hammond name along with models that mimic the look and sound of a hammond.... The old original hammond organs were known as work horses of the industry... they truly were great organs....
Ironically the demonstrating organist is named Allen Temple which is the name of an African-American Church in Oakland CA, where they use Hammond Organs without having to try to make them sound like Pipe Organs.
Granted, I'm an old white chick from the deep south. If this video is nightmarish to me, I can only imagine what it's like for others.
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Hammond was often at odds with some of their best customers and recording artists.
To some exception to this was a guy out of San Francisco named Hal Shutz who did Concerts and Demonstration Records for Hammond, but he could be a convincing Jazz player when permitted.
Outside their sphere of approval we're Fats Waller, Count Basie (better known as Pianists but both cut Hammond Organ sides also), Les Strand, Wild Bill Davis, Bill Doggett, Milt Buckner, Doug Duke, Buddy Cole, Dick Hyman and a few unrecorded legends like Charlie Stewart.
Various Gospel Players, Rev. Maceo Woods, among others.
@@craigbrowning9448well he did hate the Leslie speaker
@@liljs4189 FACT, I do too. If you research enough, you'll see why, and you'll see how many don't like them.
Wonderful!
Hammond had no idea what they would do to the blues, jazz, and rock genres.
Yes! And Gospel as well!
Funny enough, arguably the hammond is useful in all of those genres and not for traditional church services.
I play keyboards by ear butvas a teenager, I was enamored withbthe Hammond. My interest in the organ began with a sample 45 rpm plastic record and a labeled cardboard keyboard. I loved it and before long I was playing the real thing and loving it even more!
I play an electronic one thst incan easily move around. It has several food organ settings on it but in my opinion, there is no sound greater than that of the HAMMOND!
I am a nostalgic person so I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. Sadly, these lovely instruments are dying out with so many people who never got to enjoy Hammonds rich beautiful sound! Theyvare hard to come by these days.
THANK-YOU for highlighting my entire week by posting this! Inwas un music HEAVEN!
Problem is in many area like mine, Technicians have retired or passed away and nobody is replacing them. I have to get rid of my B3 because there are no Techs to repair them.
@@garys8990 There are many tutorial videos regarding repairing the Hammond.
Where do you live.
Thank you so much for sharing this.
As a Finn I'm quite proud of the ending music...
Love the Hammond Organ. Keyboards have changed but salesmen haven't.😅😅
Keep an eye on that Fred Thompson.
its great to see this video,i love the hammond organs and i play them too and there are a lot of keyboards,organs and so on but there is only 1 instrument with the golden sound and for me personally its the hammond organ.A great instrument with a great and unique sound.Super👍👍👍
About a year before Porter Heaps became the spokesperson for Hammond.
Porter Heaps used to play for my evening church services when I ministered in Palo Alto back in the 1980s. He told me he was the one who hooked it up to a Leslie for the first time. Around the time I met him, he finally met Leslie, who told him that he made him a millionaire. Mr Hammond was unhappy with him because it was designed as a pipe organ substitute. But he asked Mr Hammond, don't you want to sell organs? Hammond gave in. I grew up learning how to play the organ using a Porter Heaps method book.
I usually associate the Hammond organ with smooth jazz and blues, rather than church stuff. But then again, where do you think those jazz and blues musicians first learned to play one?
0:55 Interesting to hear Handel’s Largo in such an old film. It really shows how old such beautiful music is.
do you know the hymn before that ?
All People That On Earth Do Dwell is the name of the hymn. The same tune is used for the Doxology or Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow. In my experience, the bottom part is different for the hymn.
friend you do an incredible job, congratulations and thank you for sharing these videos. Sometimes I wonder, if the people that you appreciate in your life still live ...
well said
Personally I would have petitioned for a real pipe organ, there's a presence that a pipe organ gives that no instrument can match.
I would too, however it's the church budget and the size of the church that determines whether or not a pipe organ or an electric organ can be afforded.
A friend of mine refers to electric organs as “Appliances”.
Clearly your ears haven't been blessed by the sound of a screaming B3 and Leslie. That's an organ sound like no other.
I call them "organ substitutes".@@tom7601
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Take me out to the ball game!
Love this video! I'm starting a hammond band in Europe, and I'd like to use a piece of this material for a musicvideo if possible. Can you provide the info of the company who owns the rights, so I can send them a message, please? Thanks in advance
Excelente!
I love the Hammond... with a Leslie! Match made in Heaven!
70 years later and no one much attends church. Could be this thing…
I love the Hammond... with a Leslie! Match made in Heaven 🙂
18:54 i saw two backs breaking when they lifted that M2. HOW DO THEY MANAGE WE NEEDED 4 GROWN MEN TO LIFT THE M1 TO 3RD FLOOR
“They carted that organ from place to place like it was no more trouble than a piccolo” 😂😂😂
I own a hammond chord organ and have moved it all the way across the US. It is the single most heavy piece of furniture we own.
They dropped one into the sea - rescued it. And still played fine !
Hardly our wonderful lightweight YAHAMA KEYBOARD - good Hammond imitation plus extra.
A true piccolo !
It's easy to imagine people having a lot of nervous diarrhea back then, lol!
I knew an Allan Brinkman, a superb musician, especially a trad jazz clarinet exponent. He passed away many years ago, I used to sit in and record their jazz band rehearsals. The house owner had a Hammond bought in 1970 one of the big models with big ‘Leslie’ sound cabinet. Greetings from Tasmania Australia.
An electric organ by any company isn’t an investment, it’s just an expense. A fine pipe organ is an investment that actually appreciates in value if properly maintained.
That said, I thoroughly enjoyed the film, it’s a treasure!
When I look back on my love of fine accordions over my lifetime, certainly they could be considered 'just an expense', as could my trombones. So could my cameras, my watches excepting the gold Rolex. How boring our lives would be if only we confined ourselves to 'investments'. Actually, one of these fine organs could cost an automobile price, and cars certainly aren't considered 'an investment'.
ooo what’s the first hymn sounds nice
18:46 ah yes so light 2 kids can lift it lmao, that things 250lbs I hope those kids ate their Wheaties…
Yep! Seems to me that kids were very strong those days!
Two large kids who are also linebackers on the HS football team.
Yep. These are no middle class cowardly wimps . . . that the mean old farts whinge about in the papers.
Well, according to our beloved elderly - this crew aren't the typical middle class cowardly wimps that couldn't fight WW3.
What a drastic difference a few years after this film was made when Hammond married the Leslie Speaker to the organ!
You are correct! Without the Leslie the Hammond sounds sterile. I guess in the setting of this ad it’s fine. I hear the reverberation. It quite difficult to listen to the organ. Very dry. Maybe it’s the old video.
Donald Leslie made the first speaker in 1941. So it most likely was available when this film was made. He sold his company to CBS Music division which at the time bought out Fender. Fender employees bought Fender back from CBS. Leslie is now made by Suzuki-Hammond USA.
That was a HUGE MISTAKE! Now I know why I don't like this instrument (when one is used) and theater organs. Leslie wanted that kind of sound (which drives me up a wall). I don't like organs at all, but learned about them from my ex-father. A sterile sound is how it should sound. Not a operatic tenor that has no control over: loudness, seriousness, and emotion. I don't want to put up with something that's going to make me shed tears, or ruin my day.
@@mrnasty02106 Well... your issue is, you do not like organs AT ALL! Nuff said.....
@@websurfin9575 That's right! Finally, someone on YT understands me. I don't like organs because they sound so unpleasant, embarrassing, alternative, different, narcissistic, and the list goes on. I hate people, places, and things that like to be show offs. I also hate the shit out of Halloween and alternative people. I'm not making any of this up. I hate being highly intelligent. People with high IQ's like shit that's depicted in that video. Also a bad way to represent the 1950s, one of my favorite decades.
The Doxology
What's better than roses on your piano?
Tulips on your organ..........
Where can i buy the hammond organ. The original one.😊
There are some available on Craigslist occasionally
Also there are a few vendors that can be found on the Internet
I have one gave to me the one cheaper one they showed at the end
The Hammond M3 is a fantastic instrument.
I bet that lady absolutely ripped it up in church, no doubt running her rig through a distortion pedal and a Leslie!
And then rock music came. Would be hilarious if Mrs. Meek Organist would make it scream like Deep Purple in this film.
This perfectly explains the hippy rebellion of the 1960s.
Good one..:)
In over 50 years I busted my butt moving Hammond B and C 3 organs for live music venues along with Leslie cabinets. I got to see the great Keith Emmerson as well as Rick Wakeman and Booker T and Greg Allman. I can go on and on.
The sad part is that Hammond is now owned by Suzuki and the newer version of the B-3 is all solid state. No tone wheel or tubes.
Whats the name of the song played at the end?
I’m thinking that the song at the end is “Be Still My Soul.”
Be Still My Soul
That theme is a part in Jean Sibelius's orchestral work Finlandia. Very important music for all (I hope) Finns and our musical (and country's) history.
Is that Jethro's mother (Pearl Bodine) that would be played by Bea Benaderet a few years later in The Beverley Hillbillies?
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Sounds like the film projector could’ve benefitted from a Hammond synchronous motor
It isn't the projector. It's the film material itself, dry, brittle and warped. We had problems with the film running through our top running projector. :)
Gotta love the B3, as it's been used in a lot of roll bands!! As a young boy, learned on a Baldwin CT2,with a built in Leslie. I was given lesssons, by a professional organist, who knew how to make the Leslie speaker shine!! AND THE REST IS HISTORY!!
Supersonic...................................................................................................Bill Bickley UK
Scandalous instrument for professional organists and organ makers, but a fantastic thing to have in your house, or on stage :) Really the first successful electronic imposter, with some help from Leslie. No acoustic organ, but really has never been matched in the new lane it created. Synths have so many personalities, they are difficult to control and predict. Finally there are a few "clonewheels" which have mostly taken over because they can be moved and seldom need a specialist. But a real hammond and Leslie still rule in terms of pure sound....from a speaker. No electronic instrument matches an acoustic in person, at least in the right room, but reproduction (listening via speakers) can make it hard to tell sometimes.
Jon lord. Agreed. Deep purple ha
We’ll I’m suspicious!
Hammond RT?
Yes
Yep 32 foo pedals very versatile can be played classical and played like a B3 for jazz and rock theater.its a wider organ because of the extra presets
0:49 jazz
That was a little bit of Larry Young circa '67.
This had to be what inspired John Waters.
I'm not convinced. I think I'm going to go with an amplified reed organ.
I have a D-152 model.. sad to say , its not working ..no expert technician here in the Philippines
I wish I can find a D-152
No. But you can find YAHAMA technicians all over the world !
Tengo un Hammond C3 y lo amo❤❤
My parish church where I grew up had a Hammond organ and I never liked it. It always sounded fake and undesirable. Hearing this Holy God We Praise Thy Name takes me back to that awful time when I always thought that a service of worship was deserving of something better. There was no comparison to the sound and registration of a pipe organ.
I agree with you. I'm younger generation (Millennial). I was persuaded by my ex-father (an electrician), to have an interest in them. No way. That also turned off/away from becoming a tech. I always wondered why they sound so drunk, goofy, and emotional. Thanks to internet research and YT, now I know. Nothing will ever replace, or come close, to the TRADITIONAL pipe organ. In its original form, Hammond made a diverse product (this video shows it). Traditional pipe organs are still made today. Builders are busy as ever, building new ones, and fixing old ones.
I know young people who play pipe organ. I know sunday schools where they study the Bible...
And I know old farts who encourage their grandkids into crime - then tut tut to the newspapers !
And I know that there are Spartans who tut tut about crime in the media - and encourage the younger generation into crime in private . . .
While the Hammond organ surely is a great organ, associating the drawbars with the names or real instruments is stretching the analogies a little too far.
If Lachy Doley had showed her his skills
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She wouldn’t have bought it.
Strangely enough, the Strings, Reeds, and Flutes mentioned are not real instruments, but the names of so-called "families" of tones that organ pipes produce. There was a time not long before this film was produced (1860's - 1930's) where organ builders tried (with disputable success) to imitate instruments like clarinets, flutes, and trumpets, but that movement died and organs were left with strings that did not really sound like violins, reeds that despite their names were unique to organs, and flutes that were, since they are like organ pipes, actually quite convincing. As for Lachy Doley, it's really fascinating how the Hammond tried to become a pipe organ replacer, but like the tone families mentioned above, became a unique and interesting sound in and of itself.
Mrs Berry needs to take organ lessons and church needs a real Pipe Organ instead
Through my years of watching organ videos on UA-cam, I’ve seen many of your comments. Never has there been a positive one. What a bitter and miserable man you appear to be.
Well you're a very positive ol' bloke, aren't you?
Spot-on!
Mrs Berry plays the organ already, so why does she need lessons? And its not always necessary to have a pipe organ. Many cases like this it's also impractical. The Hammond organ is a stunning instrument.
Maybe ETHEL SMITH could help further MRS BERRY's experience ! 😂😂
Why must HAMMOND always play JAZZ or CHURCH.
Why not that other organ - THEATRE ?
VARIETY SHOW SINGALONG music also rocks.
I'm not a boring old fart either. . .
Playing this C3 through a crappy JR20 Tone Cab. Yuck!
It's an Rt3 but you right before the Leslie it did the Hammond and unjust do to all of the beautiful tones old man Hammond wanted it to sound like the pipe organ in the church.and fought hard against old man leslie.for not putting the Hammond with but he lost and the best thing that happened to the Hammond organ besides be invented was the Leslie speaker now those babies can scream.when I was a young boy in the 40s this old lady next door to me had an back in the day radio with deep bass there was no TV yet as least in Mobile.the soap operas was on that's the first time I heard the rich and beautiful tones of the Hammond organ.it went all through me.until this day I've been playing the Hammond B3-C3-CV-M3.i have two CV's and a M3.they can try to duplicate the original Hammond but they will never get the true old tube sound nor the true vibrato like the old one because of the silver vibrato box under the left back cover of the organ the old Hammond to me in tube soft and the recreated ones are more of a crisper sound.but the technology is great with transposing , piano etc.and would by one if I could they very high so are good shaped old Hammond because the don't make them anymore.jusy my opinion.old Hammond's Are furniture, and antiques.if you have one keep it peace to all
The original is the best. Leslie's creation ruined the original purposes of the instrument. He wanted any Hammond organ to sound like his (Leslie) theater organ shit. Listen to early records, like Milt Herth, from the mid-late 30s. I'm not sure what his drawbars/other crap were set to, but it sounded synth-like.
With some modification, it CAN sound like a theater organ, but not the full-on, tenor/soprano opera singer shit (that turns me off). Tibia Clausa, if I'm not mistaking. I always hear online about "getting the organ to sing," I find it disgusting. If the only type of singing is like Enrico Caruso (always comes to mind), then that's not impressive. Other styles should be "sung."
The organ (console, input) is one thing. The output (speaker system) is another. It goes for any amplified instrument. I admit that I like what Jon Lord did (use a Marshall amp, and think outside the Leslie box). I've seen other guitar amps and home theater speakers, hooked up to these. So...the possibilities are endless, and amazing.
Sorry, but th Hammond organ is nothing without the Leslie.