Drawbars & Percussion
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Ë Pedal Drawbars
The two brown Drawbars located between the Drawbars for the Swell and Great Manuals control the sounds produced
by the Pedals or Bass section. The first Pedal Drawbar produces a tone at 16' pitch for a deep foundation bass, while the
second Pedal Drawbar produces a tone at 8' pitch, or one octave higher.
ORGAN VOLUME Rotary Control
The ORGAN VOLUME Rotary Control is located to the left of the Drawbars.
Use this Rotary Control to raise or lower the volume of the Upper, Lower and Pedal Drawbar tones.
Turn this control to the right to increase the total volume, and to the left to decrease the total volume.
NOTE: If you have an Expression Pedal connected, it will express up to the amount
determined by the setting of the ORGAN VOLUME Rotary Control.
Try Your Own Drawbar Registrations
Part of the fun of playing your Hammond SKX is to experiment with you r own Drawbar arrangements. It is not essential
that you use the registration set up on any music you may have or attempt to duplicate exactly the sound you may hear
on a favorite song.. These registrations merely represent the preference of t he composer, arranger or player and many
not be your choice of tonal color at all. You may find that the acoustics of the room in which you are playing may make
it desirable to vary slightly the registrations used . You may especially wish to supply a little more or a little less
"brilliance" by varying the amount of the higher-pitched Drawhars used. Do not hesitate to experiment with tonal colors -
there are man y thousands of beautiful tones in the instrument and part of the enjoyment of using Drawbars lies in
creating new sounds to make your music more interesting.
Changing Drawbar Registrations
Sometimes making dramatic changes of tone color in registration can be very effective in a musical presentation.
However, some selections may require changes of tone that are very "contrasty" in character and occasionally they come
at a point in the music where it will difficult to make them and continue to play without a break in your music. In this
case, it is recommended that you figure out ahead of time what Drawbar changes need to be made and save them to a
Patch for later recall. This is explained in the PATCHES & FAVORITES section.
In other cases, the registration change may need to be more subtle - for example, on a big pipe organ, a change of tone
can be affected by turning one or more stops “on” or “off” such that the change of tonal color represents an addition or
subtraction from the basic tone. This method of changing tonal colors gives you a very smooth and natural now of music.
It is therefore suggested that you practice making very simple Drawhar changes - one Drawhar, or two at most - which
you can do in a split second, and which will give you a noticeable change of tone yet one that is a natural transition from
the tone you have been using.
HA<O> SKX Owner’s Playing Guide
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