Remember the time frame. A Hammond B-3 cost more than a new Cadillac at the time. This was a clever product placement by the Hammond Organ Company to show an entry level instrument. Mr Welk was very shrewd about this sort of stuff, notice the prominent placement of the Chrysler "Foward Look" logo on his bandstands, instead of the usual LW.
@oldies5161: Thoses Hammond organs were OK for those days, but back then Lawrence Hammond did not want a Leslie tone cabinets on his products, which may had these instruments sound better. I am sure with your Hammond CV, you must have a Leslie? Far as my nose being up in the air, both Lowrey and Roland Atelier are much better sounding than any old Hammond or even Hammond Suzuki organ today. Hammond tone wheel organs with out a Leslie sounds terrible!
Sounds like a nightmare! I had never like the Hammond tone wheel organ or any older organ like that Hammond Chord organ. Any organ with vacuum tubes sounded awful!
I have the same chord organ, A Hammond S6. I know that the toll of time that's been taken on the capacitors and tubes have mellowed the sound in some respects, but the strings settings for instance sounds like a sustaining electric guitar and is actually a bit more piercing. The woodwinds on the Chord organ have a snappy woodwind mid range and mimic clarinets and bassoons very convincingly. I notice that the organ in the video has a much more tremulous sound at one point, but tabs are vibrato.
His correct name is Hal Shutz not Schutz. I use to watch him play organ in his basement recording studio. He's my uncle. thanks for posting, I have never seen this video. very cool....
I always liked the Hammond chord organ. Great to see Hal Schutz who made a famous record(it's on iTunes now) with the now defunct HCO on video. I assume the organ was put through a Hammond cabinet speaker. Thanks for this posting.
Neither of them made good use of the mighty Hammond. The arrangements sounded awful!
maddogmcrae 5 days ago
Remember the time frame. A Hammond B-3 cost more than a new Cadillac at the time. This was a clever product placement by the Hammond Organ Company to show an entry level instrument. Mr Welk was very shrewd about this sort of stuff, notice the prominent placement of the Chrysler "Foward Look" logo on his bandstands, instead of the usual LW.
ambulet 1 month ago
@oldies5161: Thoses Hammond organs were OK for those days, but back then Lawrence Hammond did not want a Leslie tone cabinets on his products, which may had these instruments sound better. I am sure with your Hammond CV, you must have a Leslie? Far as my nose being up in the air, both Lowrey and Roland Atelier are much better sounding than any old Hammond or even Hammond Suzuki organ today. Hammond tone wheel organs with out a Leslie sounds terrible!
patsaxon 1 month ago
Wonderful!
sammee6602 5 months ago
haha!
b356014 9 months ago
Sounds like a nightmare! I had never like the Hammond tone wheel organ or any older organ like that Hammond Chord organ. Any organ with vacuum tubes sounded awful!
patsaxon 1 year ago
@patsaxon I''ll take my Hammond CV any day and it doesnt sound like a nightmare, only to people like you with their noses in the air.
oldies5161 1 month ago in playlist Jerry Burke
I have the same chord organ, A Hammond S6. I know that the toll of time that's been taken on the capacitors and tubes have mellowed the sound in some respects, but the strings settings for instance sounds like a sustaining electric guitar and is actually a bit more piercing. The woodwinds on the Chord organ have a snappy woodwind mid range and mimic clarinets and bassoons very convincingly. I notice that the organ in the video has a much more tremulous sound at one point, but tabs are vibrato.
paulj0557 1 year ago
Correction: Not to take anything away from Mr Shutz, but watch Jerry. He is having FUN with these numbers.
oldies5161 1 year ago
Not to take anything away from Me Shutz, but watch Jerry. He is having FUN with these numbers.
oldies5161 1 year ago
His correct name is Hal Shutz not Schutz. I use to watch him play organ in his basement recording studio. He's my uncle. thanks for posting, I have never seen this video. very cool....
kristineegg 1 year ago
I always liked the Hammond chord organ. Great to see Hal Schutz who made a famous record(it's on iTunes now) with the now defunct HCO on video. I assume the organ was put through a Hammond cabinet speaker. Thanks for this posting.
organdude44 2 years ago