Anyone will be interested in this new one?

www.nordkeyboards.com

I predict a winner.

The pedal board weighs as much as the C2. Great new stand and music rack.

Not as pretty as an XK set up but better than the C1 legs.

And its not red. Hmmmm.....

I think the stand is unnecessarily ugly. I agree that the pedals are intriguing. Wonder why they did 27 instead of 25 though.

Keyboard has an ad for it

http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/nord-c2-organ/mar-09/94739

In my case not a replacement of my favorite clone but I like it a lot and would be a nice ultralight edition for those of us with C.A.S. (Clone Acquisition Syndrome). Notice they do not show the bench. Hopefully, a bench will be more reasonable than the $855 fold-up bench HS offers, imho, mostly just welded aluminum tubing. Odd that there are not more M.I. benches that go over 25 (or 27 pedals). Reminds me a little bit (the pedals) of that Consolette that was around. That webpage was down for a while when I was looking for pedals later buying B3P pedals and making a conversion box. http://www.rwdesigns.org/ One thing for sure, I think the clone market should have more choices for stands and benches, in fact, I bought a welder (hobby) to make my own (aluminum)

> Wonder why they did 27 instead of 25 though.

Probably 'AGO-Lite' since it is supposed to be a pipe organ clone and not just a Hammond organ clone.

*Gasp!* A half moon switch! I want I want!

(Did you notice how much they focused on the pipe organ stuff? I don't know who would use it, but that's pretty cool. I wonder if they're trying to sell to churches.)

Now we know why the Electro got the C1 engine...

Straight pedals? Weird.

No thanks.

Damn, and I was all set to buy an E3.


Not gonna lie, I'd use the pipe organ. Good for nice, ominous intros and the like.

As a church organist myself, I don't get this one at all, to be honest. I don't see who they're going to sell it to, presuming it doesn't replace the C1.

If a church doesn't already have a decent pipe organ installed (and which organist would then choose to play a clone), then they've already probably bought, or will buy, one of the many electronic models already out there by established specialist organ makers like Makin, Johannes or Allen.

Sure, those organs are by no stretch of the imagination portable, but that isn't usually a requirement for most churches - these things normally stay put. And they look the part. Churches are notoriously conservative, even if the red has been toned down for the C2.

So that leaves who? Classical organists who practice at home? Again, they will probably prefer a more specialist device from the ranges previously mentioned. There is again usually no imperative for things to be portable in such situations.

Also, as Jim points out, that straight pedal board design would preclude serious church players who want to practise at home. Might pick up a few existing C1 and other clonewheel owners at the right price, I guess.

So - nothing new in the Tonehwheel-engine besides better key click? Ok, new output routing possibilities and they moved some controls... It would been more interrestning if it got pianos or some other sample playing abilities a la NE3 and/or pitch stick & mod wheel with an extern section like the Stage. If you're not a really big fan of pipe organ - I see no reason to trade your C1 for a C2, well well... I'm hoping for a new revolutionary stage model before this year is over - they have all the pieces with the C1 (C2?), the Wave, NE3 and the Stage - just put it together (and include the G2X gooseneck vocoder ) and sell it for a reasonable price - pleeaze!

The pedals on the other hand! Hope they have standard midi connection and not an astronomical price like Hammond and Rolands offerrings... these would be nice with my XK1 perhaps... well well...

I was wondering about the straight pedals too. I wonder if that's a price thing, seeing as how Nord seems to make such an effort to get the ergonomics of these boards right. Oh well, maybe the C3…

And kanker's comment about the C1 in the E3 makes sense.

$5 to the first person who can make the C2 pipe organ relevant in a modern pop context! I can see this sound getting huge all of a sudden on the dance hall scene.

Straight pedals is a European thang. They are found on most historic organs.

The concave radiating standard (which Hammond does not conform to anyway with the B-3) was created I believe in the 30's or 40's in America.

Court of the Crimson King

Yep, the stand is ugly, but not necessary for the players who don´t need the pedals.
I like the darker red as well as the moved controls for percussion and chorus/vibrato,- that´s an improvemnt for me.

Monitoring a 2nd keyboard or a complete rig by using a small mixer (not only mp3 or other players) via the headphones out might be interesting too. Imagine a monitor line of the band in addition by using a mixer and in-ear system connected to the headphones out.

Expanded output routing is a nice addition too.

So, what´s the price ? Same as C1 ?

A.C.

Actually, I don't think including the C1 engine in the NE3 has anything to do with them planning the C2 since the organ in the NE3 includes increased adjustability to the C1 engine. If anything, they have just made the same updates to the C1 so it matches the NE3, at least as far as the tonewheel set goes.

One other detail they fumbled, and need to fix before production:

- they moved the percussion switches to the right place, but bolloxed up the order.

Should be On, Soft, Slow, 2nd, NOT On, Slow, Soft, 2nd.

The pedals on a B3 are not concave, but they do radiate.

Does either the c-1 0r c-2 have the light touch when you barely touch it like a B-3? I know my stage doesn't. If so I'm gonna buy.

I wonder how much they paid Hammond for the rights to the "C2" name....as I recall they had issues calling the C1 a "C3" and had to change it...... C2 to me is still a Hammond model pre-1955....

I hope those pedals will upfit my C1

Jake

I have a MIG welder and a bandsaw,I could make something like that in a couple hours out in the garage.

They should develop a stand out of chrome,or polished aluminum,or brushed stainless,for the C1,C2,Electro and Stage.

I'm seeing more and more bands using only a Nord,why not show it off a little?

how about this,does anyone here live near San Jose Ca. and would let me measure their Nord,so I could build a custom stand,with the intent of marketing them?

Yup. The standard is 32 note, concave, and radiating. Concert Hammond models like the RT-3 do have them, but the organ has to be wider to accommodate the extra pedal notes.

Yorgatron, I pm'd you.

You don't think Nord has discovered planned obsolesence do you - like the US car companies used to do. Bring out a new model; make the "old" one passe? Naw...they'd never do a thing like that...

Has it been ascertained yet whether the C2 actually replaces the C1?

I can't imagine them offering both models.

They offer the NE2 alongside the NE3 on their webpage.

Jake