Finally, an adept CONN organist, that makes the instrument sound like TPO. No overdone reverb, brassy reeds, moderation on everything. CONN were wonderful, before the Kimball debockle ! Great work Mr Organist.
Yeah, Kimball really did make some truly abominable organs. I've never heard one that sounded good. Even Baldwin, who also produced some of the worst sounding organs I've heard, had a few hidden gems in the larger models.
@@UMAMIMAMU My first organ in HS was a Conn Caprice (no leslie), bought a used Hammond DR20($35) speaker tall/with oil tube spring delay, attached to the Caprice-sounded great. Later on I bought a used Leslie 31H ($200), attached and it was a big sound difference, especially in bass. I added switches to independently operate upper and lower rotors, using only lower rotor it was actually closer to TPO trem, as lower rotor ran slightly slower than upper. Since then I had a Wurlitzer 4300 and 4500, then back to Conn Serenade (believe model 628) from mid 1960's, now that was a superb sounding instrument. All tube/analog - but I added a Fisher X-10 Stereo SpaceXpander (deluxe reverb), pulled part of flute signal ran into straight speakers. Wish I still had it. Now have Conn 580 (around 45 years old, needs some help) and Allen 425TH (33 yrs old) with gyro speaker., and Yamaha DGX series grand piano - Living room is FULL. but lots of sound. I miss the Conn quality. Allen's are pretty darn good.
A beautiful CONN 552. Conn organs had a sound all their own. Especially in the 500 and 600 series. They made incredible organs and I have played just about every organ brand and I enjoy some other brands as well, but in my opinion, there is nothing like the feeling you get inside when you are sitting at a CONN Organ.
very very wonderful; i played only hammond but Theatre Organ are the roots from the hammond and i love the great sound of your conn organ and your playing Best wishes from Bavaria - Konrad Paulus
Great playing! Believe it or not there sat ( and maybe is still sitting ) a Conn 550 for $60 on Ebay in Oakland, CA for several weeks! Absolutely criminal the great ETO's are being passed over for Hauptwerk. Why?? Hauptwerk is fine, and even very good, but THIS is heaven! Just throw on some reverb and you are more in the theater than any 'virtual' TPO! VACUUM TUBE AND TRANSISTOR INDEPENDENT OSCILLATOR TONE GENERATORS AREEEE REAL!
I picked up a 551 for $1.00 on e-bay,needed a little TLC, being a electronics tech of over 40 years helped. I sold it for $250 and now have a 651 theatre organ for $750. Again a little TLC, needs a couple of vinyl rods replaced in the great manual with gold coated types. In all honesty you can't own one of these instruments unless you can play with some skill and be able to repair them yourself. They need tuning at least once a year, the 552 has 57 oscillators to be tuned for the manuals and 13 pots in the pedals. The 651 has 73 oscillators for the manuals and 32 pots in the pedals. All you need is an accurate tone source, at least an octave of sine wave tones, higher up the scale the better. A good ear, quiet room and for the 651 a couple of hours.
I agree with you. There is nothing wrong with Hauptwerk, but to change a Conn from what it used to be is criminal. In my opinion it is like changing the engine on a 1957 Chevy. Conn organs, especially in the 500 and 600 series were absolutely magnificent organs, CONN organs had a sound all their own that no other organ brand could touch in my opinion. I have played just about every brand of organ there is and there is nothing like the feeling you get when you play a CONN and hear the rich sound coming out of the speakers. CONN will always be #1 to me
@@Robbie1949 That is wonderful Robert. You Love CONN's like me. I have played just about every brand of organ and they are all enjoyable to play, but nothing beats the feeling a musician feels when he plays a CONN Organ. IN my opinion they were in a league all their own. I have a 552 that means more to me then anything else I own. I guess I have been lucky because I have only had to tune the organ once in all the years I have owned it and that was because it was the wintertime and I lost power in my house and the temperature went down to about 50 degrees before power came back on and it was only the pedals that went out of tune. I do have a question. The only issue with my CONN is the general reverb 1,2,3, works a little, I get very little reverb when I am playing. The Tibia Reverb works fine. It is only the General Reverb. I looked at the Reverb Spring in the back of the organ and that seems to be fine because when i lightly move my finger across the spring I can hear a echo/reverb coming through the speakers, so I think it is probably the Reverb 1 and or 2 switch. Do you have any opinions on what it could be?
Check the reverb driver transistor amplifier on the reverb board but it could be the driver coil on the reverb unit has gone o/c . You will need an analogue multimeter to do this but they are readily available on ebay. Regards Robert
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Finally, an adept CONN organist, that makes the instrument sound like TPO. No overdone reverb, brassy reeds, moderation on everything. CONN were wonderful, before the Kimball debockle ! Great work Mr Organist.
Yeah, Kimball really did make some truly abominable organs. I've never heard one that sounded good. Even Baldwin, who also produced some of the worst sounding organs I've heard, had a few hidden gems in the larger models.
@@UMAMIMAMU My first organ in HS was a Conn Caprice (no leslie), bought a used Hammond DR20($35) speaker tall/with oil tube spring delay, attached to the Caprice-sounded great. Later on I bought a used Leslie 31H ($200), attached and it was a big sound difference, especially in bass. I added switches to independently operate upper and lower rotors, using only lower rotor it was actually closer to TPO trem, as lower rotor ran slightly slower than upper. Since then I had a Wurlitzer 4300 and 4500, then back to Conn Serenade (believe model 628) from mid 1960's, now that was a superb sounding instrument. All tube/analog - but I added a Fisher X-10 Stereo SpaceXpander (deluxe reverb), pulled part of flute signal ran into straight speakers. Wish I still had it. Now have Conn 580 (around 45 years old, needs some help) and Allen 425TH (33 yrs old) with gyro speaker., and Yamaha DGX series grand piano - Living room is FULL. but lots of sound. I miss the Conn quality. Allen's are pretty darn good.
A beautiful CONN 552. Conn organs had a sound all their own. Especially in the 500 and 600 series. They made incredible organs and I have played just about every organ brand and I enjoy some other brands as well, but in my opinion, there is nothing like the feeling you get inside when you are sitting at a CONN Organ.
very very wonderful; i played only hammond but Theatre Organ are the roots from the hammond and i love the great sound of your conn organ and your playing
Best wishes from Bavaria - Konrad Paulus
Beautiful! Very nice tone and timbre to the voices. ;)
Great playing! Believe it or not there sat ( and maybe is still sitting ) a Conn 550 for $60 on Ebay in Oakland, CA for several weeks! Absolutely criminal the great ETO's are being passed over for Hauptwerk. Why?? Hauptwerk is fine, and even very good, but THIS is heaven! Just throw on some reverb and you are more in the theater than any 'virtual' TPO! VACUUM TUBE AND TRANSISTOR INDEPENDENT OSCILLATOR TONE GENERATORS AREEEE REAL!
I picked up a 551 for $1.00 on e-bay,needed a little TLC, being a electronics tech of over 40 years helped. I sold it for $250 and now have a 651 theatre organ for $750. Again a little TLC, needs a couple of vinyl rods replaced in the great manual with gold coated types. In all honesty you can't own one of these instruments unless you can play with some skill and be able to repair them yourself. They need tuning at least once a year, the 552 has 57 oscillators to be tuned for the manuals and 13 pots in the pedals. The 651 has 73 oscillators for the manuals and 32 pots in the pedals. All you need is an accurate tone source, at least an octave of sine wave tones, higher up the scale the better. A good ear, quiet room and for the 651 a couple of hours.
I agree with you. There is nothing wrong with Hauptwerk, but to change a Conn from what it used to be is criminal. In my opinion it is like changing the engine on a 1957 Chevy. Conn organs, especially in the 500 and 600 series were absolutely magnificent organs, CONN organs had a sound all their own that no other organ brand could touch in my opinion. I have played just about every brand of organ there is and there is nothing like the feeling you get when you play a CONN and hear the rich sound coming out of the speakers. CONN will always be #1 to me
@@Robbie1949 That is wonderful Robert. You Love CONN's like me. I have played just about every brand of organ and they are all enjoyable to play, but nothing beats the feeling a musician feels when he plays a CONN Organ. IN my opinion they were in a league all their own. I have a 552 that means more to me then anything else I own. I guess I have been lucky because I have only had to tune the organ once in all the years I have owned it and that was because it was the wintertime and I lost power in my house and the temperature went down to about 50 degrees before power came back on and it was only the pedals that went out of tune. I do have a question. The only issue with my CONN is the general reverb 1,2,3, works a little, I get very little reverb when I am playing. The Tibia Reverb works fine. It is only the General Reverb. I looked at the Reverb Spring in the back of the organ and that seems to be fine because when i lightly move my finger across the spring I can hear a echo/reverb coming through the speakers, so I think it is probably the Reverb 1 and or 2 switch. Do you have any opinions on what it could be?
Check the reverb driver transistor amplifier on the reverb board but it could be the driver coil on the reverb unit has gone o/c . You will need an analogue multimeter to do this but they are readily available on ebay. Regards Robert
@@Robbie1949 Thanks for your reply. Will have to check into it. I will have to get a repairman as I am not skilled in this field.
very well demo'ed....great sound too....
How nice. Sounds good.
I like how he just played "Where Or When?"
what song is that?? its beautiful!!
The song is "Where or When" by Richard Rogers & Lorenz Hart in 1937 it came from a show called "Babes in Arms"