I remember using those, Ian. Had an Electone thirty years ago (or more!). It was OK for fill, or Leslie control (what I used it for, as well as a bender), but I wouldn't want to have to use that motion for sustain for any length of time.
It wouldn't take much to make something like this... a switch is a switch, as far as the arranger is concerned.
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