From jackoverfull@gmail.com Mon Mar 05 16:10:03 2012
Subject:Re: Mojo

I agree…But we discussed that before…First of all: would be Guido willingly
sell his emulation to someone who would probably lock it to a single
product and keep him from doing what he wants to do with his software in
the future?

2012/3/6

> Or... Why didn't Hammond/Suzuki buy the technology from Guido and ditch
> the old XK3c technology that they adapted for the SK1/2?
>
> Had H/Z put the VB3 into their new line of organs they would have wiped
> the floor with Nord. Instead they have a minimal upgrade from the XK
> series...
>
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> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 00:11:03
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> Subject: Re: [CWSG] Mojo
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> Il giorno 05/mar/2012, alle ore 23.54, deansurkin ha scritto:
>
> > My experience with the old Crumar company was completely different. I
> had Orchestrator serial number 50. The keyboard became uneven after a month
> of gigging, and they replaced all the springs and had the instrument
> returned to me within one week. Their local tech company (then located in
> Long Island) listened to my comments about the bass pedals, and added
> switches for pluck, sustain, and octave shift.
> >
> A curiosity: what do you mean with "uneven"?
>
> > Regarding BGMI, the company now using the name Crumar: there is no
> relationship between the two companies, and those of us in the U.S.
> probably see no reason to buy up the name of a defunct company. I guess
> that Crumar had a better reputation in Europe than it did here, and that
> the owners of BGMI see some value to it.
> I'm still wondering about the "Crumar" name myself…Well, it has a nicer
> sound than "BGMI" but every time I say I have a Crumar I get questions like
> "are they still around"…The only "old" Crumar keyboard I've played was an
> odd electric piano (I was not very happy with it, actually…but the fact
> that there was a missing C key did probably influence my judgement!)?
>
> What I wonder is why they chose to buy the Crumar name when they already
> had the Pari brand, especially if you consider that the old Pari.e
> tonewehels were already established hammond clones in the 70s… They could
> have been a single company selling the new Pari.e K61, the "Pari Digital"
> (Hamichord) and the "Pari Mojo", possibly showcasing the K61 a bit more
> than it is now…
> …Well, assuming they're actually interested in building new K61s…While
> there has been recent comment about those still being in active production
> the new Crumar site surely hints in the opposite direction (it disappeared
> completely, alongside the rotary speakers…).
>
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