From dwatson@oceaninlay.com Fri Jul 08 09:19:07 2011
Subject:RE: Hammond SK1

Tony is certainly one from whom we'd all appreciate and respect feedback.
While the SK1 and SK2 might not be the answer to everyone's needs, there's a
good chance that these keys might fulfill a niche for many of us now.

I sent a message to info at Hammondorgan.. last week regarding line out
specification and rear panel drawings and received a prompt and courteous
response from Ray which included the following:

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Subject: RE: SK-1 Specifications
The owners manual will be posted soon to the website. Sorry for the delay.
The owners manual does have line drawings of the control panel and jacks.

The main outputs are not balanced
Output level is about 100mv with one key played the level will go up as more
notes played.

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I was surprised that the output was not available as a balanced line via
1/4" TRS jack(s). This is a keyboard obviously intended for gigging
musicians attracted to the light weight among other notable features. At
the price point, this is a serious expenditure for most anyone. The
impedance was not mentioned. I'm a bit baffled as to why this option was
excluded on keyboards of this caliber. Bruce or anyone care to tell me why
this might not be of importance or concern?

Thanks,

Donn

-----Original Message-----
From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Ken Hall
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 9:44 PM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Hammond SK1

Tony,

I can't wait to hear your in-depth review. I'm close to pulling the
trigger on an SK-2. I would really like your opinion on how the SK-1 is
for playing acoustic piano patches and how the Wurly stacks up against
the Electro.

Thanks, Ken