Hey all:

Like I need yet another Hammond in my life, another situation presented itself to me and I couldn't say no.

This "victim" is a 1940 Hammond Model D (which is identical to a BC in a church cabinet) and it has an original Leslie 31H (tall boy).

Both the Hammond and Leslie look terrible and the organ case is really, REALLY bad, but despite how she looks, she SCREAMS and sounds great!!

The 31H looks equally bad, but electronically and mechanically she's pretty sound (except I think the Jensen field coil 15" below needs a recone).

Anyway, I fear the cabinet may be beyond a full restore, so some other refinishing or maybe a chop or other cabinet may be in it's future (along with Trek II percussion).

I'll have some better photos when she gets moved into the work area on Sunday, as these were taken by the seller in the garage where she's been living for a while.

Oh, the best part!! $400 for the pair!!

Oh man! That's beautiful! Love the shot of the inside of the Leslie!

Oh man. I gotta get out more.

I've never seen that tall Leslie before. I would imagine the bass response is better than than the typical Leslie ... ?

Dave, the 31H was the quintessential jazz leslie (single speed) until the 122 came out and became the top dog.

It does have some pretty amazing low end, especially with that Jensen Field Coil speaker. There's something about those speakers that just have something special in a vintage leslie cabinet.

If you, or someone you know, is good with veneer and you can recreate the moulding in the front of the C, it looks to me like both these beauties can be restored to living room condition. I have always been partial to the C's and D's with the quatrefoil on the sides. Send pics as the resoration proceedes. You have a potential beauty there. Since this looks like mahagony, don't forget to use wood filler for the pores in the wood before you spray on the finish.

Congrats!

Nice score! I love love love tallboys!

Nice! Reminds me of the one at my old high school. Here's pic of the last one I had. I'm in the middle of working on it in this shot. I let it go to a forum member maybe 5 years ago. Don't see too many like this.

I don't ever remember seeing one like that in the flesh, Linwood!! Very cool example indeed.

The only thing cooler than that is Linwood's playing...

Kev you know firsthand I suck. That was a '68. It had been customized. I'd never seen a cabinet like this one either. I've got a photo of that somewhere. If I run across it, I'll post it sometime. When I got it, it was missing everything underneath. Just on 4 legs. I built a crossbar piece and found an expression pedal, mounted that, and found the linkage and got that goin'. It also just have a female 1/4" on the underside for audio out. This things was like plugged into a marshall stack with a morley pedal or something. Rock'n roll organ for sure. Once I got the Leslie (122) for it, it sounded great. Someone had cut through all the cables for the pedals, too. I had a set of pedals, but on this one there was no place to set them and plug them in and the wiring shot. When I moved to this house, the studio was on the second floor and I knew this B3's cabinet was too ugly for my wife's living room. The back was ply wood and the top something else. Had to cut it loose. I'll get another one someday.

Now you're trying your hand a comedy