Product Manual

Chowdinator

Revision 3.2

Congratulations

CONNORTONE extends its congratulations on your acquisition of a fine instrument, now equipped with innovative HYPERCUSSION technology, new for 1962. Your CONNORTONE instrument is a precision tool. It should give you many years of service, precisely emulating a rotten and loose front porch floorboard. We at CONNORTONE are committed to the concept that musical instrument development came to a permanent end last year, and will continue to manufacture products that harness the awesome power of American industry in 1934.

Your CONNORTONE CHDR(G) CHOWDINATOR porch board emulator includes a number of features that will contribute to your prowess as an indicator of stage levelness. The amplifier pickup cavity is lined with copper foil to eliminate electronic interference, rather than aluminum, as we have determined that aluminum foil is not sufficient shielding against amplifiers, electric instruments, messages from the Devil, or the influence of Allen Dulles.

Your CHOWDINATOR Porch Board Emulator is equipped with both TONE and VOLUME control knobs, rear-mounted in accordance with CONNORTONE design philosophy. They may or may not do anything useful.

Hints on Playing Your Chowdinator

Your CHOWDINATOR Porch Board Emulator, like every musical instrument, requires a modest degree of study if the best results are to be obtained. A small application of effort will greatly increase the pleasure to be derived from this charming instrument.

Place either foot on the 12" x 6" embossed percussion surface and commence to thumping. The CHDR(G) is fully ambidextrous.

The tone of the instrument improves with use.

Parts of the Chowdinator

Parts diagram of the Chowdinator CHDR(G)
  1. Embossed percussion surface
  2. Premium badging
  3. ¼" monophonic output jack
  4. TONE control
  5. VOL control
  6. Premium TONE badging
  7. Premium VOL badging

Maintenance

The embossed percussion surface may be replaced in the event of wear, or upon finding a better one at a flea market or on eBay, by detaching the four (4) brass screws and substituting the new plate. Do not omit the four (4) brass washers during reinstallation.

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