Crumar Musical Instruments User Group.

Hello!  My name is Steve and I'm a new group member.....I've played 
keyboards and collected vintage keyboard/synth gear since the early 
1980's, and within the next week am going to be picking up an old 
Crumar T-1 organ from a friend locally.  Surprisingly, I've never 
owned a Crumar before (although I have owned just about every other 
brand of keyboard gear ever produced, I think!).  Anyway, I was 
hoping to possibly use this organ as a backup to my Voce organ module 
when playing live gigs, and wanted to get opinions from the experts 
here regarding their sound.

How accurate is the Hammond simulation?  I'm sure it would sound 
great through a real Leslie (anything would, really), but I plan to 
use it with a Voce leslie simulator.  Is the sound comparable to 
other Hammond simulators of the same era (i.e., Korg B/CX-3, Roland 
VK-09/VK-1, Yamaha SK-20/30/50D, etc.?).  Does it even compare to the 
newer Hammond clones (Voce, Oberheim, Roland, etc.)?  Is it even 
worth lugging around to gigs?  I love the fact that it is analog, has 
drawbars, and isn't really costing me any money to get.  So, any 
opinions would be welcome!  Thanks!

-Steve in Texas

Steve, 
    I bought a T1 recently for $40...it is an ok organ
sound...about what you'd expect for an analogue...the
leslie is for crap, though i do like the bass range
function...very odd feature is the pitch
bender...don't know when I ever used it!   compared to
a porta b it does not even compare...but if you get it
cheap, go for it....I put mine thru effects boxes and
it sounds pretty good.
-J



--- minikorg66 <peglar@...> wrote:
> Hello!  My name is Steve and I'm a new group
> member.....I've played 
> keyboards and collected vintage keyboard/synth gear
> since the early 
> 1980's, and within the next week am going to be
> picking up an old 
> Crumar T-1 organ from a friend locally. 
> Surprisingly, I've never 
> owned a Crumar before (although I have owned just
> about every other 
> brand of keyboard gear ever produced, I think!). 
> Anyway, I was 
> hoping to possibly use this organ as a backup to my
> Voce organ module 
> when playing live gigs, and wanted to get opinions
> from the experts 
> here regarding their sound.
> 
> How accurate is the Hammond simulation?  I'm sure it
> would sound 
> great through a real Leslie (anything would,
> really), but I plan to 
> use it with a Voce leslie simulator.  Is the sound
> comparable to 
> other Hammond simulators of the same era (i.e., Korg
> B/CX-3, Roland 
> VK-09/VK-1, Yamaha SK-20/30/50D, etc.?).  Does it
> even compare to the 
> newer Hammond clones (Voce, Oberheim, Roland, etc.)?
>  Is it even 
> worth lugging around to gigs?  I love the fact that
> it is analog, has 
> drawbars, and isn't really costing me any money to
> get.  So, any 
> opinions would be welcome!  Thanks!
> 
> -Steve in Texas
> 
> 


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