Percussion By Wurlitzer - Wurlitzer 4100 series Owner's Manual

PERCUSSION BY WURLITZER-KEYBOARD
SUSTAIN
CONTROLS
The
two
red
Sustain Control
tablets to the
left of the upper keyboard permit you
to create
a
whole
range
of
new
effects.
You
can add
color
and
variety to your playing with such
percussion
effectsas the
Hawaiian
guitar,
marimba,
harp, glockenspiel,
and many
others.
The
church
organist
can obtain
inspiring
effects
by weaving
into the
music
of the service
harp,
bells, celeste
and chime
accompaniments
for
more
reverent
liturgical music.
Each
percussion voice
can be
expressed
as
melody
notes or
full chords, loud
or
soft,
with or widiout
vibrato.
When
playing
the
different percussion instrumental
effects,
it is
best to play
staccato
or
de-
tached
TTie response of
Wurlitzer
Sustain
is
"natural"
—
tones ring on
after fingers
are
removed
trom
the
keys,
just as
a
bell
continues
to
ring
after
it
has been
struck.
If
you
think of
the
sound
of die
percussion mstrument
that you
are creating, your
fingers
will
just naturally achieve the
touch
desired.
Unbelievable reverberaaon
(echo)
qualities can
also
be obtained with your
new
Wurlitzer
Model
4100
Organ
through
the use of the Sustain Controls.
For echo
effects,
hold
the keys
down
a
bit
longer
to create the
reverberation sounds
of
an
echo,
or the "feeling of space"
—
as
though
sound were
being produced
in a large auditorium.
In designing the Model
4100, Wurlitzer engineers placed
in the
8'
range of
the
upper keyboard
those
tonalities
which
can be
best utilized to
produce
percussion
effects.
By
so doing, the greatest
versatility
was
achieved
—
percussion
effects at 8',
16'
and 4'
pitches independent
of other
tonalities
at these
same
pitches,
played individuaUy
or
in combination, on
either
or
both keyboards,explained
in detail below.
The
tonalities of the upper keyboard
are divided
into 2
sections, as
far as being
affected by
Sustain
(percussion)
is
concerned:
1
All
8'
voices (lettered in red)
2
All other voices—
16',
5
1/3',
4'
(lettered in black) —
Afifected
by
Sustain
—
Not
affected by
Sustain.
Note
diat there
is,
in addition
to
an On-Off Control
for die Sustain, a
Control governing
the
length of Sustain
—
Medium
or
Long^
—
determined by
the position of the
tablet.
Solo Control
for
upper keyboard
8'
voices
and
Couplers
for these voices serve the
same
functions
when
played
in conjunction with
Sustain Controls.
By means
of the Sustain (percussion) Controls,
which
affect
all 8'
voices
on
the
upper keyboard
you
can:
'
1
Produce
a
wealth
of percussion instrumental
effects See
Musical
Guide Book
and
Sug-
gested Registration Card
in
Owner's
Kit
for
Automatic Tone
Control
settings.
2
Sustain
any
or
all 8' voices
(Flute,
Diapason,
String, Trumpet, Oboe) on
the
upper
key-
board.
"^
'
3
Sustain upper keyboard
8'
voices in
combination with their 16'
and/or
4'
pitches
(through
use of the Upper
to
Upper
16' and/or Upper
to
Upper 4'
Coupler)
4
Produce
percussion
effects
on
the upper keyboard
at only die
16'
and/or
4'
pitch
from
the
8 voices of die upper keyboard
(
through
the use of the Upper
8'
Off Coupler and
the
Upper
to
Upper
16,
and/or Upper
to
Upper
4', Coupler).
5
Play upper keyboard
percussion
voices
at
the
8'
pitch (with Upper
to
Upper 16'
and/of
4 txjupler
\i
desired)
in
combination widi
non-percussive
voices
at
the
16', 5
1/3'
and/or
6
Play percussion
effects
on
the lower keyboard
or on
both keyboards
at
the
same
time
(through
use of the
Upper
to
Lower 8'
Coupler).
7
Play a non-percussion
melody on
the
upper keyboard widi accompaniment employing
a
percussion
effect
on
the lower keyboard (by
using
the
Upper 8'
Off Coupler,
to
remove
the percussion
effects
from
the
upper keyboard, and
the
Upper
to
Lower 8'
Coupler vou
n^thr'^^'T
""L'^l
lower keyboard
only
.
.
while playing
a non-percussion mdody
on
the
upper keyboard
using
16',
5
1/3', and /or
4'
voices
)
^
O^n^
xt^'v^^
™"r*'
examples
of percussion
and
other
effects
is
a part of
your Wurlitzer
Organ
Owner
s
Kit
You
are
by no means
limited
to diese,
however
... by
experimenting,
you
will develop
many
other beautiful tones
and
distinctive special
effects of
your
own
Use
the ptcussion and echS
effects
many
music you
play -popular,
classical, ballads, marches
-
you'll enjoy
diis
wondered
feature of
your Wurlitzer
Organ
die
more
you
use
it.
J
y
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