SDE
10-27-2003, 03:24 PM
The Hammond Cadette was a "starter" organ, deliberately built down to a price. It was meant strictly for a "first-time" player to learn basic technique on, with the idea that the customer would soon trade it for a model with more features, sounds, etc.
It has 3 sounds for the upper manual, all at the same pitch - alomost no variety of registration, in other words.
When most people say "Hammond Organ," they mean a model based on the original Hammond Organ, which was called a model "A." The most common models fitting this definition are the "B" series, the "C" series, the "A-100" series, the "RT" series or the "D-100" series.
These are the models used in most Jazz, Gospel and Popular music. If you are looking to get that sound out of a Cadette, you will be disappointed.
The big pedal at the bottom is called an Expression Pedal, and is used for regulating the overall volume. Since an organ, unlike a piano, does not respond to key velocity, there has to be some method of making volume changes. That is the purpose of the Expression Pedal.
For the "Hammond Sound" as most people understand it, look for one of the models mentioned above. (The Cadette series was not built by Hammond, but was made by Yamaha for Hammond.)
It has 3 sounds for the upper manual, all at the same pitch - alomost no variety of registration, in other words.
When most people say "Hammond Organ," they mean a model based on the original Hammond Organ, which was called a model "A." The most common models fitting this definition are the "B" series, the "C" series, the "A-100" series, the "RT" series or the "D-100" series.
These are the models used in most Jazz, Gospel and Popular music. If you are looking to get that sound out of a Cadette, you will be disappointed.
The big pedal at the bottom is called an Expression Pedal, and is used for regulating the overall volume. Since an organ, unlike a piano, does not respond to key velocity, there has to be some method of making volume changes. That is the purpose of the Expression Pedal.
For the "Hammond Sound" as most people understand it, look for one of the models mentioned above. (The Cadette series was not built by Hammond, but was made by Yamaha for Hammond.)