Rich Grise, but drunk wrote:
"... Accurate imitation of the Hammond sound with simple electronic
circuitry was difficult, because the subtly-changing phase relationships
between tonewheels could not be easily replicated...."

OK, fair enough. :-)

I guess a piano is even harder - they don't even reproduce well from a
live recording! :-)

I heard a decently accurate electronic piano sound long before I heard
anything remotely resembling the timber of a B3. Still haven't heard
anything that sounds exactly like a B3 (other than an A100 or another
B3).

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