GULBRANSEN E - Omega Effects: Percussion and Chimes; Omega Percussion and Reverberation; Chimes and Chimes Preset Piston

0megaPistons
Omega
Percussion
and Reverberation
Oneea,
tIrc
lalt letter
of the
Cr€ek
alphabet, is
the
name
we have
applied
to the lars€
farnily
of reverber-
ation
and
pe.cussion
effects
available
or the
Gulbrans€n
Organ. lbe
Omega
i! controlled
by a
s€ri€s
of six
pistons
lo€ted
in
th€ cent€r
of the orsan
b€tw€€n
the nanual
k€yboards.
The
perqEsion
s€ction
of a
band or orche€ua
m,
cludes instruments
on f,,hich
the tone is
creried by
pluckins
or
strikinr. Many
of
the
voices of
th€s€ in-
struments
may
be Eimulat€d
on
your
culbrans€n
Orgsn
including
piano,
chimee, barp,
music
box,
marimba,
orchelha
b€lls,
just
to name
a few.
The
Omeda
effects apply
only to the
SweI Manual
keyboad.
Fo.
prcper
r€€ults
you
should us€
a
quick
or staccato
touch
to obtain
the
p€rcussion
effect!.
Some
ol th€€e
effects
ar€ delcribed
in the music
books
you
received
with
your
or8an_
The fiBt
piston
on
the lelt hand
side de&ribed
as
OneEa Oft
on the d€cal
Eet directly
above it ha!
the
effect
ot cancellins
the
other
piston
effects which
misht
b€ on.
The second
snd third
pistons
fmm
the lelt a-te
neDerberation
Shott adnd Reuerberutitn
Lone.
P'eyeb
bemtion
is sn
acoulticrl effect
which
pernits
rhe
achievement
of cathedml-like
tonal
quality
even m
the limit€d
acoustics of
the $nalle€t living .oom.
It is
invaluable in
playing
chuch orsan mulic
or
theatre
orSan music.
The fouth
and fifth
pistor|!
Imh the left, PercB-
sfr4 8lor, and Percussion
Lone,
govem
the tonal
decay charact?ristics.
Since the
various
percussion
instrum€nts
llave diff€rent degr€er of
decay time,
it is
necessary
to have thes€
sp€cific *ttinSE lor their
Chimes
and the
Chimes
Preset
Piston
Encompassing
the Sq,ell
Manual, m€llow
electronic
chim€€ are available
at instant finger
tip control witl
the
Chimes
Pr6et
Pistou. This
pilton
autonati€ally
canc€b
all Swell Manual
stops and dunges
the
Timbre
Control to
"brisht".
If the Ttemolo
i!
"on-
fa!t" the
piston
will
set the Tlemolo
at the
.,on-
To
cancel the
Ciirnes all that
j!
nec€lsafy is to
de-
pre€s
any other
piston
and the
previously
ananS€d
Sw€ll Manual stops
are once
again irun€diately
in
effect.
Danped
Chimes
(Chimes
with short
alecsy/ 'g E
obtained
simply by depr€sing
the Chime€
Piston
and any
otbe!
piaton
except Percu€sion Irng.
Ih€
r$ultins
decay
characteriltics will
be determin€d by
the eitra
piston
depre$ed.