to the Hammond “Concert Model” RT-3 Organ

I purchased this ingenious electro-mechanical device in 1967 as soon as I started my teaching career. I garnered a modicum of information about harmonics and grew to truly cherish real pipe organ sounds as a result of listening to the synthesized Hammond sounds built of sine-like waves from the whirling tonewheel tone generators. The RT-3 was a big brother to the ever-present B-3 in rock and jazz groups. The difference was an AGO-style pedalboard and some rich waveform tones to use under full organ registrations in classical works. This system allowed only one note to play at a time at any or all of 32’, 16’, 8’, 4’, and 2’ and 1’ pitches. I am quite convinced that in a large, reverberant church or hall, the effect could have been somewhat musical, but in the close confines of a home living room the result, for me, was disastrous. May I never hear those key clicks again! In 2004 I sold the Hammond “Concert Model” Organ to someone who could truly appreciate it.

Mais je ne regrette rien.