only 25 keys????????
you have one of the defective ones...
please return it to me for a full refund
Willy Chamberlin
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<punchbowl4@...> wrote:
>
> It's my understanding that Harry did use other instruments (like
bass
> clarinet, etc.) to get lower registers of some sounds, including the
> flute I believe..
> BTW - the left hand of my M2 Chamberlin only has 25 notes.
>
> Vance
>
> I really wonder if the number was determined by a combination of; 1)
the
> size
> of the keyboard that Harry had for his prototype, 2)the number of
tape
> heads
> he had available, and 3)the range of whatever sound he used for his
> first
> experiments.
> Perhaps it was that when he listened back to the recordings of
> instruments played back, the higher notes just sounded too weird. I
> still believe that the 35 note range was the only useful one.
Perhaps he
> could have gone a bit lower on some instruments and higher on
others,
> but overall, the 35 we have now was a compromise. Even now, boys
choir
> does not sound like anything of this earth in the higher registers.
How
> far up could you go with flute? Or Down? 8 choir is already doubled
in
> the right end. Obviously the Bradleys agreed.
>
> Frank
>
>
>
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