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A GENEROUS but anonymous donor has just l\. presented a Hammond organ to the University of Melbourne; and as I am interested in music, especially orchestral music, I am glad to testify to the excellent results obtained from it. The instrument itself is about the size of a small harmonium; it has two manuals and a pedal register, and a foot lever for producing variation in volume. When used fully, the volume of tone is very great, but the musical beauty of the instrument lies even more in the solo stops or arrangements. The clarionet stop produces something superior to any clarionet I have heard, and the volume of tone can be altered at pleasure. The oboe and violin equivalents are very satisfactory.
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Barret, J. The Hammond Organ. Nature 138, 297 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138297a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138297a0