SUMMARY SPECIFICATIONS
A. MUSICAL FEATURES
Range: 4-3/4 octaves, A to F (57 notes), Middle "C" at keyboard center.
Two Basic Contrasting Voices: "Blue" - a clear, deep-throated, resonant string
tone with long sustaining power; somewhat reminiscent of the haunting quality of
the bass clarinet; pickups "listen" to string at midpoint.
"Red" - a driving, twangy, shallow string sound with pronounced plucking and long
sustaining; the biting power of an electric guitar; pickups "listen" to string
ends.
"Light Blue" - An extra string that can be selected between 8' or 4' range.
"Light Red" - An extra string that can be selected between 8' or 4' range.
Damped Effect on Each Voice: Muted "Blue" - a strongly plucked, "covered",
subtle string tone, with foreshortened sustaining: practically indistinguishable
from a harp.
Muted "Red" - a tune percussive tone, rhythmically powerful without being harsh;
resembling a banjo.
Delay Effect on Each Voice: All four voices can be delayed to create a subtle
or extreme grace note/strum effect. For best results always leave at least one
voice with no delay applied.
Tuning: All four voices can be independently detuned by up to a semitone. A
two-semitone Pitch-bend is also available for guitar-like bends.
Special External Effects: The guitar amplifier can add spring and room
reverberation, and specially tailored drive and cabinet effects, all external
to the harpsichord.
B. CONTROLS
Two-Manual Flexibility - Single-Manual Simplicity: Keyboard divides at
Middle-"C" into treble/bass section, so that the right can contrast the left.
Tonal colors can be set up and volume adjusted independently in the bass and
treble ends of the keyboard, or pedal controlled.
Handswitches: one for each voice range. Each switch has three positions di-
recting the voice it controls either to the left output, off, or to the right
output, when the instrument is in Stereo mode and using either no amplifier or
the stereo transistor amplifier. If the instrument is Dual Mono mode or is us-
ing a mono amplifier, each voice is sent to both outputs.
Pedal: a standard swell/expression pedal located in a separate housing on the
floors serves as remote volume control to the amplifier.
Damper: Increase the Damp fader to apply damping effect.
