M3: the secret "halfway" vibrato

[bourniplus]

Hello everyone,
does anyone know what is happening inside the Normal/Small switch when it's set halfway? The effect, along with the V/C set to vibrato, is interesting and very different from Normal or Small, and doesn't sound like an "in-between" setting. I'd describe it as a deeper vibrato, but with less of the "theatre organ" sound of the usual vibrato.
Martin

[Hoaxel]

on my M3 it is similar and on a Friends M100 it´s just the same, no wonder, there are about 8 pairs of contacts moved and it´s kind of random, wich are open or closed on halfway.

[andyg]

It's even more interesting on the M100 and T series spinets, which have more options to start with and more 'secret' combinations, especially those using the Celeste Vibrato variations.

[bourniplus]

I did some further testing with my M100 and here's what I've found out: the effect does not happen because the contacts are open (actually this causes a helicopter noise), but it's when two or more pairs or contacts are joined together. To me this makes the "Vibrato" position much more usable. Somehow I feel like it's less cheesy and more Leslie-like. I can't explain exactly why it does this but at least I know how to reproduce it!