Re: M3 question

[jeffery j mee <jmee@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>]

> 
>    Is it possible to transpose the lower manual on an M3 down one octave
> by re-wiring the key swith assembly? Are the neccessary tones available
> from the bass pedal wheels? Could you just re-wire the switches going to
> say the top drawbar to add an octave lower than the lowest drawbar
> (provided that the tones are available)? How are the bass tones generated?
> I know they consist of more than one harmonic. Sounds like there is a 
> second in there but they come on simultaneously when you slowly depress
> a pedal unlike with the keys where the harmonics come on sequentially.
> Are they produced by single wheels whose magnetic characteristics allow
> additional harmonics? Are the switch assemblies soldered point-to-point
> or is there some other technique involved?
> 
> Ken Williams
> 
        That's a great question that I would like to apply to my Porta-B 
as well. Since the pedalboard is only an octave and I play in a 
six-piece, I only use it sparingly. I'm thinking aboult rebuilding the 
bottom half of my unit anyway. If I could use the pedal generator on my 
lower manual (which has no stops lower than 8 ',) it would drastically 
change my plans.

Jeff Mee