Organ Type; What Is "Organ Type; Tone Wheels (Btype1, Btype2, Mellow); Transistor (Vx, Farf) - Hammond XK-5 Owner's Manual

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WHAT IS "ORGAN TYPE"?

Th ere are various "Organ" types: the Hammond Tone Wheel organs used in everywhere
rock, jazz, and Gospel, the transistor organ frequently heard in pop music of 60's. Clas-
sical pipe organ used in classical music or church services. All organs have characteristic
sounds.
Th is keyboard will sound like the types of organ you choose.
TONE WHEELS (A-100, B-3, C-3, Mellow)
Th ese are various types of Hammond Organs' characteristic Tone Wheels. Th e Ham-
mond Organ's original purpose was to duplicate the pipe organ, however, they became
famous for producing a unique sound of their own.
Th e "A-100", "B-3" and "C-3" have the B-3/C-3's traditional Tone Wheel sounds.
Th e "Mellow" is not a Tone Wheel, if strictly speaking. It replicates the fi rst-generation
non-mechanical transistor Hammond tone generators like the GT-7 and Concord.

TRANSISTOR (Vx, Farf)

After the transistor became generally used, the light weight organs were introduced (such
as Ace Tone TOP-6 etc.) using the transistor circuit instead of the Tone Wheels or tubes.
Th e circuit system is diff erent from maker to maker or model by model. We have repli-
cated 2 representative types here.
Th e Vx is a type to combine the triangle wave and square wave with several footages.
Th e Farf is one to combine the sound wave forms coming through plural fi lters with the
tablet switch.

PIPE

Th e Church/Classical Pipe Organ uses thousands of individual pipes driven by wind
from a blower to create its sound. Th e name of the stops tells you which wind instrument
is duplicated.
You can create other sounds by combining diff erent organ Stops, in the same way Draw-
bars are used on this keyboard.
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ORGAN TYPE

B-3 AND C-3
"C-3" reproduces C-3 C155596, and "B-3" repro-
duces B-3 A27563.
The "B-3" has more fl utter than "C-3" slightly.
TRANSISTOR
The word "transistor" is a coinage of "transfer"
and "register". This semi-conductor which in-
vented by William Shockley Jr. in 1947.
The transistor is smaller, operates with lower
voltage, and more reliable than the vacuum
tube. The electronic circuits has exchanged
from vacuum tube to transistor gradually.