Hammond Novachord

[ka4koe]

Whenever I gripe at how difficult radio restoration is, I remind myself about the work that Pil Cirrocco performed to bring a Hammond Novachord back to life....

http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/nova/intro.htm

[w4bfs]

yup ... I've a Hammond Porta B and 122 Leslie I need to restore unless I find someone who wants it more than I do .... this is the first Novachord I ever heard or heard of .... good advice given about restorations

[Opcom]

reminds me of the work done to the ARP2600 I sold to ER's editor years back. Not near as much work.. but it did require some repair. Still have the Realistic MOOG in a drawer around here somewhere. Alas I do not play on a musical instrument, only with one. I'm impressed by the work done to restore the Novachord. Very dedicated, and a sure reward to play it after. Not just any engineer or technician can work on analog stuff like that. Most would take the shotgun approach to be sure nothing's missed.

[K6JEK]

Thanks for Novachord link. What a beast. What a project.

[flintstone mop]

The guy restored it back to factory condition. Nice job. Looked very tedious. I still love the sound of the Hammond B 3 and the Leslie. I do not think that the digital stuff can copy all of the unique sounds. Many musicians liked another sound effect to change pitch by actuating one of the START switches.
The audio clips of the NovaChord are very interesting. Typical of Hammond. Good ole analogue audio.

[KB2WIG]

The local Jazz station runs an hour in the afternoon of the H B3. Grovey.


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