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Jiggery-Pokery Combo Electric Harpsichord Owner's Manual

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JIGGERY-POKERY
COMBO ELECTRIC HARPSICHORD
OWNER'S MANUAL

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  • Page 1 JIGGERY-POKERY COMBO ELECTRIC HARPSICHORD OWNER'S MANUAL...
  • Page 2 From the Instrument Developers -- This manual is prepared as an introduction to your new Combo Electric Harpsichord. It will also serve to guide you in the use of your instrument. The information contained herein is as up-to-date as possible in view of the rapid advances in this radically new instrument.
  • Page 3 The Baldwin SOLID BODY HARPSICHORD...
  • Page 4 SUMMARY SPECIFICATIONS MUSICAL FEATURES Range: 4-3/4 octaves, A to F (57 notes), Middle "C" at keyboard center. Two Basic Contrasting Voices: "Blue" - a clear, deep-throated, resonant string tone with long sustaining power; somewhat reminiscent of the haunting quality of the bass clarinet;...

  • Page 5: Design Details

    Special External Effects Control: Controls on the Harpsichord permit fast selection of external effects set on the amplifier. Select between five different Amplifiers and eight Cabinets, or turn them off entirely to use direct. Drive will increase the distortion, and you can adjust the tone with Bass and Treble.
  • Page 6 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO YOUR NEW INSTRUMENT Design Background: The Combo Electric Harpsichord brings a family of new sounds that are musically rich and natural in color. Where others have turned to electronics to generate the tone, this instrument uses the string - one of the most colorful tonal generators possible.
  • Page 7 2. GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR INSTRUMENT The Two Basic Open Voices: Since the tonal characteristics of this new instrument are unique and not strictly imitative of other instruments, they are assigned colors rather than names to avoid confusion with existing nomenclature: "Blue": a clear, deep-throated, resonant string tone, with long sustaining power;...
  • Page 8 Special Effects: The Combo Harpsichord depends solely on the amplifier for special electronic effects such as tremolo, reverberation, bass or treble boost/attenuate, etc. built-in custom amplifier provides the widest possible tone coloring, giving all the desired special external effects to the "pure" or "natural" tones produced by the harpsichord.

  • Page 9: Light Blue

    switch has three position: "Left Channel" (switch handle to left), "off" (center position), and "Right Channel" (handle to right). Thus the player can assign any combination of voice to either channel of the amplifier. In practice, this allows full use of the external effects capability of the guitar amplifier since the player can combine any voice, keyboard section and external effect in any way they desire.
  • Page 10 Some Interesting Tonal Combinations: You are now ready to explore more widely the capability of the instrument. Using the previous setup, now add the Light Red voices, thus: BLUE LIGHT BLUE LIGHT RED With the Light Red voice set to 4' octave, you'll here it doubling the Red voice an octave up.
  • Page 11 R E M O T E M A P P I N G //Remote Map template for Instruments Jiggery-Pokery Sound Combo Electric Harpsichord Scope Jiggery Pokery com.jiggerypokery.ComboHarpsichord //Control Surface Item Remotable Item Scale Mode _control_ Volume _control_ Channels _control_ Spring Reverb...
  • Page 12 COMBO ELECTRIC HARPSICHORD v1.0.0 Combo Electric Harpsichord Rack Extension: user guide lovingly adapted from the original Baldwin Solid Body Harpsichord manual. “Reason”, “Rack Extension” and associated logos are trademarks of Propellerhead Software AB. All commercial symbols are protected trade names of their holder and their inclusion within this guide and the associated Reason Rack Extension product are merely indicative and do not constitute endorsement of this product by any party.
  • Page 13 Combo Continental Organ - The classic British transistor organ in a fantastic Rack Extension for that instant 60s feel! • Combo Electric Harpsichord - A rare example of a lovely 60s curio, the Baldwin Solid Body, aka Electric, Harpsichord! •...