Kringle's Jingle: How did Ken Griffin make that subtle "Pluck" sound on a Hammond?

1950s pops Hammond artist Ken Griffin wrote Kringle's Jingle in 1953 and like much of what he played, it seems rather simple and should be no problem to learn to play in no time except...except that Ken's seeming simplicity is actually not always that simple and this melody is no exception. True, it's in C, and there is no fancy fingering or exotic harmony, but the interesting LH rhythm pattern that he used will initially prove to be somewhat more of a challenge to maintain than you might think, and then there is his interesting "pluck" effect. It's very subtle, but if you don't do it, Kringle's Jingle just won't quite sound like Ken's version, and initially when you play it with the pluck effect, it's going to take some serious paying attention to detail because hearing the pluck delay as you are playing will present somewhat of a challenge. I played the song twice, first verse as literal a copy of Ken's version as I can remember. The second verse is more my own arrangement with some sounds coming from the Hammond I'm using that you may never have thought a B3 could do. Ken also created a background sleigh-bells jingling sound on his Hammond and added it as an overdub. So I did likewise, and I did it by trilling the highest 4 keys with the following drawbar setup 00 0008 808 and using vibrato #3. Like Ken, I also added it as an overdub after I had played everything else. For those of you who are curious about the drawbar setting for the melody on the Griffin imitation, I used 00 8888 888. And for those who want to know how to get that pluck sound, I have, at the end of this video, included a brief look at the recording setup I'm using for the audio, and then I will show you exactly how to set up to produce the pluck effect. I'm doing it exactly the same way Ken Griffin did with the exception that he recorded this in 1953, and used tape echo. I am doing this in 2025 and using digital echo, but although the equipment is different, the basic process is the same. Whether you get your echo delay via tape or via a digital processor, regarding the playing of the Hammond, Ken Griffin and I are doing exactly the same thing. So be sure to watch all the way through so that you can see the ending portion where I detail the production of the pluck effect, and also at the very end I have a few suggestions of other videos that you will probably like if you enjoyed this one. As always, thank you for watching, I am most grateful, and also glad to be a part of your musical enjoyment. The HAMMOND Guy.
Here's a timeline of key points in this video, and you can also access these quickly via the "scrub bar" just below the video.
00:00 Begin, Note interesting background rhythm.
00:32 First verse bridge. Pluck effect really stands out here.
00:46 First verse continues.
01:07 Second verse starts.
01:38 2nd verse bridge.
01:53 2nd verse continues to ending.
02:25 Pluck effect creation begins w/ look at audio recording equipment.
03:18 Introducing Lucinda.
03:39 Pluck effect creation process starts.
04:03 Now add 0.1 second delay repeating echo.
04:18 Tweak volume of delayed echo louder than direct signal.
04:30 And now, we have an initial pluck to every note played.
04:43 Final remarks about pluck effect and its use.
05:21 Outro introducing other HAMMOND Guy playlists and video.