From walterg@nauticom.net Sat Apr 17 14:08:28 2004
Subject:Re: XK3

See, my orientation is different - I think Hammond made a mistake when he
decided to shorten the pedalboard by 7 notes and make it flat. I play ALL
my bass on the pedals, and a concave board is sooo much easier to play.
I don't just do heel-toe, but also one foot behind the other and visa versa, at
high speed. I grew up on pipe organs with 32-notes and AGO specs and I
don't want them to get smaller and lighter. I want them to get bigger. Maybe
Hammond's decision was good business, but it was bad organ-building.

So anyway, how do you connect pedals to the Key5? Is it MIDI or
proprietary? Does the Key5 have 4 sets of drawbars or 5, like the B3?

-WG

> Christopher Brown-Floyd wrote:
>
> I think the feel of the ones pictured are ok; since
> they're longer than normal spinet pedals, you should
> still be able to do toe-heel effectively. I have a
> full pedalboard, like an organ, that I made from BV
> pedals, so I don't need to buy new pedals, but I wish
> they were lighter, as I'm sure those are.
>
> -Chris
>
> --- Walter Greenwood wrote:
> > Is a proper pedalboard available with the Key-5? By
> > proper I mean a full two
> > octaves hinged under the bench. Pictures I have
> > seen showed what looked like
> > spinet-style pedals hinged under the console.
> >
> > -WG
> >
> > > "Robert Baker" wrote:
> > >
> > > I thought the Key 5 I played at the NAMM show was
> > head and shoulders
> > > above the XK3: great tone, two manuals, better
> > chorus/vibrato, better leslie sim [sic] and set up
> > > pretty much like a B3.
> > >
> > > Bob Baker