Preset Keys - Hammond Model A Manual

T H E T O N A L
THE HAMMOND ORGAN THE HAMMOND ORGAN
XCEPT where otherwise mentioned, the following
descriptions apply equally to every model of the
Hammond Organ.
Each of the three models, A, B and E, is ideally suitable for its particular
purpose. Models A and B will give every satisfaction in the small church
or auditorium or in the home. There is hardly a limit to the scope of
music which can be played on either of these two instruments.
Model E console represents the ultimate in organ design and can be
termed a professional organist's instrument.
suitable for use in the home or in the smallest or largest building, it is so
equipped that every description of organ literature may be played with a
wealth of dynamic
It is designed on more ecclesiastical lines than the others, so as to better
harmonise with church appointments. Massive in appearance, it is nearly
as portable as Model B.
GENERAL ARRANGEMENT.
Figure 1 shows the various controls marked. The pre-set keys are at
the left-hand end of each manual. The tremulant control is located just
above the pre-set keys.
groups of controls.
There are two groups of harmonic controls of nine draw-bars each, on
the left-hand side; these operate on the upper manual. The two groups
of nine harmonic controls on the right operate on the lower manual.
Between these groups are two other harmonic controls; these operate
on the pedals.
THE PRE-SET KEYS , Models A and B Consoles (Figure 1).
At the left end of each manual is an additional octave of reverse colour
keys-that is, the naturals are black and the sharps white. These
are the pre-set keys. Those to the left of the lower manual are associated
with that manual, those above with the upper manual.
When a pre-set key is depressed it stays down. When a second key on
the same manual is depressed the first key springs up and the second remains
down. Up, the pre-set key is "off"--not functioning. Depressed,
it is "on." Only one pre-set key should be depressed on the same manual
at one time.
The key at the extreme left, C, is the cancel key, used only to clear the
pre-set keys when two have been depressed by mistake.
CHAPTER I
C O N T R O L S
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