Re: Blaspheming the HAMMOND

[perryh@firefox.co.uk (Perry Hemus)]

>Louis Couture recently wrote:
>
>>Then I let it rip -- Tocata and Fugue in D minor by Johan Sebastian
>>Bach which I had been learning and practissing on the Hammond for
>>3 years. Adrenaline, endorphines, shakes, cold swets, goose bumps,
>>I went trough it all; and the 4 good men from the parish who had been
>>dispatched to help with this midnight transaction had their jaws 
>>hanging on the floor.
>>
>>I can't quite achieve this effect with my Hammonds but I like 
>>playing classical on them anyway. 
>
>
>I play Bach on my Hammond B3 and 122 _every_ day.  The Full Great preset 
>sounds great with Bach fugues:  I love it.  I also play blues and rock; I 
>love that sound too.
>
>A few times a week, I practice on a large Casavant pipe organ at the 
>Cathedral I belong to.  The sound is incredible.  But I would not even 
>_think_ of playing blues or rock on the pipe organ!


.....as I wouldn't dream playing classical on my Tone Wheel Hammond,
Although I spent 7 years learning classical to grade 9 in my early days. 

I REST MY CASE

PERRY