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M3 question



   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

 


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