Re: Blaspheming the HAMMOND

[Gordon Wilson <gwilson@prairienet.org>]

On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, James Boutilier wrote:

> 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!
> 
> That is the beauty of the Hammond:  It sounds great and it fits in my house. 
>  The Casavant?  Well, it fits in the Cathedral.
> 
> James Boutilier (jbout@hookup.net)
> 
> 
What stops you from playing jazz on the Casavant?  The Organ, the 
cathedral, or the monsignor?  (;-})>


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