From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Wed Jul 25 15:36:01 2007
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But it's the key frame that weighs the most, and probably contributes the most to the "Hammond feel." If you eliminate the weight, the feeling will go, too.

I'll give you a perfect example: My BX-3 feels more like a B-3 than my CX-3 did. I owned them both for about three weeks before I sold the CX-3, and I did a lot of comparison playing on the two. The BX-3 "fought back" better, more like a real B-3 does. And the fighting is mostly due to the mass of the organ. If you remove the steel cage, the buss bars, and the contact stacks, it will NOT feel like a real B-3 keybed. I'll put money on it.

Regards,

-BW

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At 06:23 PM 7/25/2007, you wrote:
>True. Which is why I would discard the heavy wood end pieces, the steel cage
>and dividers holding the contact stacks, the bus bars, terminal strips,
>wiring harness, and possibly even the heavy steel plate that mounts the
>perc. and vib. tabs, the matching transformer, the preset rack, etc.
>
>Think of it this way: start with a blank slate and bring over only those
>things necessary: keys and rails, a place to mount them at the back, combs,
>and a microswitch under each key. Front rail w upper felt, and a place to
>mount the lower felt.
>
>Moe
>
>On 7/25/07, Bruce Wahler wrote: