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FS: 1938 Hammond 'D' Organ & Leslie Speakers
By Dave Kerr

Hi Folks,

Thought I'd jump on the tail end of this thread before it disappears
for a while.  Returning home satiated and renewed from the AMICA
Convention, my eyes fell unavoidably upon some beautiful but
square-footage-robbing objects doing a good job of blocking the
hallway.

Last November I was fortunate to 'save' from the church up the street,
days before it's portage to the landfill to make way for their new
Johannus 3 manual digital, an immaculately maintained 1938 (!) Hammond
model D with the harmonic tremulant generator.  The bonus was _two_
mid-60s Leslie 122 speakers, the ones with the plywood shelf and
two-motor rotors, also immaculate save for one shallow barely noticeable
dent in each walnut cabinet.

Now, as lovely as the Hammond and Leslies are, I would rather it were
a B-A player, and my Theremin already has an internal amplifier and
speakers, so...

 [ Connect the Theremin to the big rotating Leslie, Dave!  :))  
 [ Hear Outer Space!  -- Robbie

A web search turned up some extraordinary values for these items but
I thought I'd poll all you kindly Digesters of things Hammond and
Leslie before I decide whether to fit 'em all in  :-(  or to separate
out a Leslie (or the whole shebang) for sale.

Any real world advice and values will be appreciated.  Maybe one of you
would like to pull up in a truck?  Digipix available for the asking.

from relatively remote mid-Southern Ontario, Canada

Dave Kerr



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Key Words in Subject:  1938, D, FS, Hammond, Leslie, Organ, Speakers

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