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Brown Drawbars
In addition to the white and black Drawbars, there
are two brown Drawbars in the group. These two
Drawbars produce "sub-octave" effects. The first
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fundamental Drawbar. It is "one octave" lower in
sound.
TRY THIS:
1.
Make sure the MANUAL button is "ON" (LED lit).
2.
Make sure all Drawbars are "IN" (off).
3.
Make sure the B-3 Instrument Type is selected.
4.
Press and Hold the third "C" note from the bottom on the keyboard.
5.
Pull the first white Drawbar all the way out. You will hear the note "C."
6.
While holding "C," pull the first brown Drawbar all the way out.
You will now hear the sound of "C" one octave lower being added.
The second brown Drawbar is the "sub-octave" of the third harmonic. Both of these Drawbars are used to
add depth and richness to many combinations. They also increase the range of the manual by one octave
since a solo registration of the "8 foot," or normal pitch, can be set up using the first brown Drawbar as the
fundamental and played one octave higher.
TRY THIS:
1.
Make sure the MANUAL button is "ON" (LED lit).
2.
Make sure all Drawbars are "IN" (off).
3.
Make sure the B-3 Instrument Type is selected.
4.
Press and Hold the third "C" note from the bottom on the keyboard.
5.
Pull the first white Drawbar all the way out. You will hear the note "C."
6.
While holding "C," pull the first brown Drawbar all the way out. You will now hear the sound
of "C" one octave lower being added.
7.
Now pull the second brown Drawbar in the same group out, and you will hear it add a
richness to the sound of the "C" note that you are holding down.
Tone Families By Shape
Regardless of the size of a pipe organ or its number of stops, all of its voices are related to four basic
families of tone. The four basic families - Flute, Reed, String and Diapason - can be quickly set up on the
Drawbars by relating a pattern or shape to each family.
These are the generalities which apply to the tonal resources of the organ, and in themselves produce
pleasant and usable effects. However, real beauty of tone is secured in two ways. The first way is to use
registrations which have been devised by organists. The second way, and eventually the one that best
expresses your own feeling for the music, is to create your own tonal effects, experimenting with and
perfecting tones which you use to play your favorite selections.
The Hammond Organ Drawbars allow you not only to set up any tonal effect you want, but also to make
many fine variations of the tone. Only with the Hammond Drawbars can you play exactly the shade of tone
you want for every selection and, perhaps even more important, for every size and type of room in which
you play.
With the Hammond Organ Drawbars, a touch of a finger is all that is needed to make the tone quality softer
or more brilliant, richer in one harmonic or another.
Instrument Types
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