Did you know that Laurens Hammond didn't approve of the Leslie and did not permit official Hammond dealers to stock them! He felt it was a more serious instrument..
Steve P. On 3 Sep 2011, at 19:14, John Howell wrote: > At 10:43 AM -0700 9/3/11, Blake Richardson wrote: >> >> I didn't even know the instrument had a motor. >> All I know about vibraphones is that they're >> analogous to xylophones/marimbas with a >> different sound/timbre. > > Well, it's a metallophone--metal bars instead of > wood or plastic--so that explains the different > sound as well as the much longer decay time. But > having a motor that runs a series of small fans > in each resonance tube to produce a vibrato--and > often a variable speed motor at that so the > vibrato can be varied--is the defining aspect of > a vibes sound! Just as the rotating Leslie > speakers and their vibrato are a defining aspect > of the classic Hammond Organ sound. > > John > > > -- > John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music > Virginia Tech Department of Music > School of Performing Arts & Cinema > College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences > 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 > Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 > (mailto:[email protected]) > http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html > > "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." > (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
