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FrederickS

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Frederick - maybe you missed my question.

 

"Tilted panel and upper manual for better ergonomics"

 

How much are these tilted, especially the upper manual? Do you think someone who is used to real Hammonds could be thrown off by it?

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"Tilted panel and upper manual for better ergonomics"

 

How much are these tilted, especially the upper manual? Do you think someone who is used to real Hammonds could be thrown off by it?

 

Easy to see the very gentle slope if you look at a pic.

 

http://hammond.no/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Nord-C2D-organ-closeup-640x480.jpg

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I can definitely see the slope in the panel, I'm not sure about the upper manual. If the manual is that slight, what's the point?

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I keep hoping Frederick will reply since he has one of the silly things.

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Okay, but his deadline is tomorrow. ;)

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The panel is tilted a bit.

Manual is not tilted as far as i can feel. If it is is a minute tilt.

I have also wondered about that statement

My organ is with a friend since he is going in to a studion to record with it.

I can double check on thursday when i get it back.

If it had been tilted a lot my friend who also owns a B3 would have complained :)

He also has a C1.

He loves the C2d and will record with it using a Leslie.

Hope I made the deadline :)

/Frederick

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Thanks, Frederick!

 

Maybe you can ask the Nord guys about the tilting of the upper manual, explain to them that their ad copy is confusing if it isn't tilted.

 

(I'm assuming that since you beta tested the C2D, you still or can talk to them.)

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That top manual looks absolutely square with the top of the wooden end cap to me.

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Apologies to Frederick if he's already posted this link elsewhere (he's certainly done so in the Nord forum, which is where I found it) but here is a great clip of the man himself and fellow organist Andreas Hellqvist playing up a storm on two C2Ds, one through a Leslie, the other through the PA.

 

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Babelized:

 

"From the Swedish showing for North C2d on JAM in Stockholm on 19 March 2012. Andreas Hellqvist and Frederick Somervill jammar loose in The Preacher on each C2d, Andreas consulted by means of a BK audio Galaxy 50 PA system and Fredericks through a Leslie 3300. Sound is recorded directly from an ordinary for microphones."

 

Frederick, are you the guy with the white hair or the guy with the glasses? Nice playing by both!

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Frederick, are you the guy with the white hair or the guy with the glasses? Nice playing by both!

Funny way to put it... they're both wearing glasses!

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Andreas Hellqvist is the younger guy. Quite funny he's in this demo, since he is usually does demos for Swedish Hammond. :)

 

Anyway, I might fix that translation:

 

"From the Swedish showing of Nord C2D at JAM (a music store) in Stockholm on March 19th 2012. Andreas Hellqvist and Frederick Somervill jams on The Preacher, both playing C2D:s, Andreas' is heard through a BK Audio Galaxy 50 PA system and Frederick's through a Leslie 3300. Sound is recorded directly from an ordinary camera's microphones."

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Frederick, are you the guy with the white hair or the guy with the glasses? Nice playing by both!

Funny way to put it... they're both wearing glasses!

 

I changed my post at the last minute, and it ended up not being too clear.

 

Original sentence:

Frederick, are you the guy with the white hair, or the guy who looks like Dana Carvey? :D

 

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Frederick, I appreciate it's not your main focus but can you clarify how the drawbars on the C2D operate the on/off functions of the Farfisa and pipe organ models on board the instrument? Has Nord followed Hammond's SK series, in that anything above a certain drawbar number is "on" and anything below "off"?

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Pipe stops and farfisa works the way you describe it.

I did not check the switch over point. I pull em all the way when I use the pipe sounds.

The vox has drawbar functions simiar to the hammond

 

And yes I am the white haired guy :)

/ Frederick

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For increased ergonomics the panel and upper manual has been tilted slightly towards the player and the panel between the manuals have a smooth surface that's easy on the hands when doing smears.
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Obviously, Nord's marketing manager is not among those reading this forum. But that manual doesn't have a slope of any sort. Just compare the edge of the manual and the top of the side fascia.

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