Comments on: Moving A Hammond Organ

By: Edward

Edward — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:47:00 +0000

These reviews are correct. The B3 and A100 Hanmonds are built like an A1 tank. The keyboards built today are bunch of crap. The Hammond has an athentic non artificial sound. Somebody out there is going to have to start building tone generators, I think the Hammond is picking up popularity in the younger generations. The demand is increasing.

By: Walkathon

Walkathon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:13:35 +0000

SH, much appreciated. And no arguments that at just the right place, right time, one can score a classic organ cheap. But, for every B3 or (God willing) GX1, it’s gonna be 500 lesser Baldwins or space-hogging Allens, etc.

By: synthhead

synthhead — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:18:57 +0000

Now if they’d just do that with TB303’s and Prophets!.

But i don’t think Grandma had any of those….

By: BlueBrat

BlueBrat — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:19:32 +0000

Yep, synthead is right, people pretty much dump B3’s and other Hammonds, Upright or Grand Pianos with the “You move it you can have it” because they’re just massive, heavy things to deal with.

We had a B3 & Leslie combo that we gave to someone who was setting up a cafe’ / music club, and an upright piano to another fellow when my parents moved out of their house. We got both units from the same situation; someone was moving and needed them gone.

By: synthhead

synthhead — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:11:56 +0000

Walkathon – I reworded that to tone it down a bit – but watch craigslist and want ads for people getting rid of their grandparents’ organs….

By: Walkathon

Walkathon — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:59:42 +0000

“Routinely see A100’s going for a few hundred dollars” … really?

I tend to keep my ear fairly close to the ground and can’t share this sentiment. Granted, buying organs in 2008 is a feast or famine situation – if the seller just wants it GONE, you usually just gotta haul it away; but almost all the A100’s I see are billed with the “Same guts as the B3!” which hence boosts up the price.

Regardless, nice lil’ blog post from Dave, and must say I don’t envy him and his move (or his toes) in the slightest.