Awesome Craigslist score!!!! Hammond organ

[Gogar]

This is awesome!!! Ok, maybe not 'awesome', but a really neat thing.

This:





























is a FULLY FUNCTIONAL (circa 1950s) technician's model of a Hammond Organ mechanism!



Runs off of 2 D batteries, and actually outputs audio!



Has 2 tonewheels and drawbars, and one working key.



Really neat conversation piece, anyway! I've seen pictures of them before, but never seen one in person. I really lucked out on this one.




The guy was very nice, and even gave me this (mid-40's) technician's manual, complete with penciled-in notes and a 1944 complete price list. Cool.

[woodman]

That is in fact, extremely cool. I'm listening to Jimmy Smith right now, giving the B3 a workout. Love that sound...Can you hook that model up to a Leslie?

[Gogar]

Well, you could hook it up to anything; if you want to play that one note.

[LeeH]

Nice! Falls into the category of, "I'm not sure WHY I need this, but I really need this."

[esample]

Gogar

You suck

-e.

[pete3799]

Thanks for showing us your...um....eh.....organ

[craigster59]

Wow! How cool is that! Was it a local sale?

[nostatic]

Very cool. And one note should be plenty.

[Gogar]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Wow! How cool is that! Was it a local sale?

Yep, nice older guy; didn't know about organs but his friend was an organ tech, who gave him the gadget.

Originally Posted by nostatic

Very cool. And one note should be plenty.

Tell me about it. Although I could hook up a 0-3VDC variable transformer and go theremin on it.

[porsche4life]

Record a track with that baby Jeremy! Theremin the hell out it!

[Schumi]

4 notes?

There are some new-age hipster bay area bandies that would rock out on that thing, I'm sure.

[cgarr]

I thought Craigslist banned organ sales?

[azasadny]

Very cool! Now to find a great deal on a B3 with the original Leslie cabinets!

[Gogar]

Originally Posted by azasadny

Very cool! Now to find a great deal on a B3 with the original Leslie cabinets!

ehhhhh I got that covered years ago this is waaaay cooler.

[lm6y]

One note? Hell, Micheal Anthony made a career out of one note.

[sailchef]

This place really rocks.

First. Gogar, very cool find. The Hammond B3 was a sound I grew up with.

Second. I was in a band all during high school but that was in the 70's, so I'm sort of stuck on stupid if it came after 1972.

I had no clue what the reference to "theremin" meant. So...........I looked it up on the net.

Way to cool. I have heard them before (star trek?) but never knew what it was, I always thought that sound came from a moog or some other synthesizer.

I heard one in Baltimore harbor 7-8 years ago.

Two guys were panhandeling their music on the docks and this "sound" just enveloped the entire pier. It was late at night and pitch black. I was with a date and she was more into finding a good restaurant. We ate at one of the outdoor cafe's and I listened to this thing all during the meal but by the time we finished these guys had moved on. I never found out what it was............ until now.

This forum just rocks.

[Schumi]

Originally Posted by cgarr

I thought Craigslist banned organ sales?

Theres tons of organ to pickup in the personals section. Lots of closeup pictures of the product to go with..