Jennings sold part of the company to the Royston Group in 1963. The original cabinets were constructed by Heathpoint Timer in Rayleigh, Essex while some of the electrics were made by Kimber-Allen in Swanley, Kent.

Most of the components for the organ were subcontracted to other companies, with Jennings working on the final assembly. The Vox Continental was first manufactured by the Jennings Musical Instruments factory in Dartford, Kent in 1962. History Vox Super Continental, a dual manual organ Later models switched to using plastic keys connected to metal shafts. Musicians complained this gave it an unpleasant playing action. The first Continentals were manufactured with wooden keys covered with plastic key caps. Each key is connected to four contacts connected to ground when a key is pressed, it makes a connection to the bus bar which sends a signal to the drawbars to produce a sound. This is then halved again for the subsequent octave, and so on down the rest of the instrument's range, except for the lowest note, C, which has a dedicated generator. The signal from each of these is fed into a frequency divider circuit that allows the frequency to be halved, in order to produce the sound an octave lower. The organ's sound comes from twelve oscillators, one for each note in the chromatic scale along the top octave of the instrument. Later models also supported a percussion feature similar to that on a Hammond. ĭual-manual models also have a 5 1/3' drawbar on the upper manual, an octave of bass keys and a string bass feature. A bass pedalboard was available as an optional extra. The Continental has no other internal effects. There is a single-speed, single intensity vibrato whose rate can only be adjusted by removing the lid of the instrument and adjusting a potentiometer. The stock Continental has 16', 8' and 4' drawbars, with a fourth one labelled 'IV' containing a mixture of higher pitches. Two of the drawbars on the right hand side control the voices (flute and reed tones), while the four on the left control the footages (corresponding to ranks of pipes on a pipe organ). The Vox Continental uses six slider-type, metered volume controls called drawbars instead of the stop-tab rocker switches seen on other combo organs. The top of the organ is furnished with an orange Rexine cover. The organ comes with a chrome Z-shaped bolt-on leg stand assembly. Each manual features 49 reverse-colored keys (black naturals and white sharps) like on a harpsichord. They were the single- manual Continental, and the dual manual model called the Vox Continental II in England and the Vox Super Continental in Italy. The Continental had two basic designs, each with its own variations. Problems playing this file? See media help. Japanese manufacturer Korg bought the Vox name, producing a new version of the Vox Continental in 2017, and various modern stage keyboards include an emulation of the organ. After being phased out of production in the early 1970s, the instrument remained a sought-after combo organ by enthusiasts. The Continental became a popular instrument in the 1960s and 1970s, especially with garage and later new wave bands, and was used by the Beatles, the Animals, the Doors, Iron Butterfly, Elvis Costello, and Madness. The most popular model was the single-manual Continental, but other models were produced, such as the budget Vox Jaguar, various dual-manual organs, and the experimental Guitar Organ and Voxmobile, based on the Vox Continental's internals. The first Continentals were produced at Vox's manufacturing plant in Dartford, England after arranging a deal with the Thomas Organ Company, later models were produced in the US and Italy. The sound is generated by a series of oscillators, using a frequency divider to span multiple octaves. It supports drawbars in a similar manner to the Hammond, and has distinctive reverse-coloured keys. It was designed for touring musicians and as an alternative to the heavy Hammond organ.

The Vox Continental is a transistorised combo organ that was manufactured between 19 by the British musical equipment manufacturer Vox.

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