zukskywalker Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Moderators...if this is in violation please forgive me and delete this. I just saw this on Craigslist and thought that someone here might have an interest. https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/msg/d/vienna-hammond-m3-organ/7007906175.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matted stump Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Somebody rescue this nice organ. Quote Moe --- "I keep wanting to like it's sound, but every demo seems to demonstrate that it has the earth-shaking punch and peerless sonics of the Roland Gaia. " - Tusker http://www.hotrodmotm.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxcvbnm098 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Wow, that's clean! Wrong side of the country for me, but that's a beauty.....hopefully someone here can snag it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Lobo Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Yeah, if was nearby ... And he even says he'll help with loading. Quote These are only my opinions, not supported by any actual knowledge, experience, or expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Simons Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 My daughter lives in DC and works in Tysons Corner. If I'm being honest, I just don't really want it. My gear accumulation days are behind me. Curious that he suggests breaking it down into parts for the crime of 'one sticky key contact', whatever that actually means. Quote Yamaha P515 & CK88, Pianoteq, Mainstage, iOS, assorted other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesG Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 If that diagnosis is correct, the suggestion is right on the money. Working inside the manuals of any Hammond is an arduous task. M/M2/M3 organs even more so. Quote Hammond: L111, M100, M3, BC, CV, Franken CV, A100, D152, C3, B3 Leslie: 710, 760, 51C, 147, 145, 122, 22H, 31H Yamaha: CP4, DGX-620, DX7II-FD-E!, PF85, DX9 Roland: VR-09, RD-800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukskywalker Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 I just can't let it die. Way too much stuff here too but I just can't let it die. In my years I've rescued a few basic M's and found good homes for them. This ones a 3. So, I just contacted the donor. (Anybody here know how to stack Hammonds? Jeez!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matted stump Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 I had to fix a cipher on a console once. The symptom is that one of the key contacts sounds all the time. Somebody had bounced a baseball off the key and one of the contacts inside the key stack had been jammed underneath a bus bar. I was able to fix it without removing the manuals, believe it or not. I managed to get the key stack cover off by raising the front of the manuals and undoing all the screws. From there, the backs of all the contacts are exposed. I located the offending contact and squeezed the split end together to unclip it from its mounting tab. Then I just eased it back about a quarter inch until the front end of the contact popped back up, and reassembled everything. Quote Moe --- "I keep wanting to like it's sound, but every demo seems to demonstrate that it has the earth-shaking punch and peerless sonics of the Roland Gaia. " - Tusker http://www.hotrodmotm.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 good luck with that, Jerry. Text me if you need my help moving it. I'm no help fixing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukskywalker Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 The donor just called back. My wife is going to kill me. Dead, dead, dead. (But somehow I"m still happy. Oy!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadslayer Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 My wife is going to kill me. Dead, dead, dead. LOL. Good for you man! Quote Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nightime Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Keep us posted on this. Had it been in Central Florida, I would have contacted them. too Quote "In the beginning, Adam had the blues, 'cause he was lonesome. So God helped him and created woman. Now everybody's got the blues." Willie Dixon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 I'm so thankful that I'm not "there" when it comes to collecting old KB gear. Modern facsimiles are good enough. I've got the space to house it and nobody around to tell me "no" and/or make funny faces every time gear shows up. Otherwise, if I was in the mood to collect, I would have Rhodes, Hammond, Wurli and clav. Thanks OP for giving that M3 a new home. Good luck explaining it. Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukskywalker Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Rain delay. It almost happened today but the donor, even though she is giving away the M3, still cares about it enough that she won"t allow it to be moved in the threat of rain. And, she knows her Hammonds well. A new phenom for me as I"ve never met a woman that knew anything about the different models of Hammond organs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Rain delay. probably a good thing, Jerry as we are under a tornado watch until midnight tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukskywalker Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 I picked it up yesterday. It"s in great shape cosmetically and is bone stock. Cute ancient wood paneling back cover removed to reveal the 12' speaker in a pillowcase along with a bindered shop manual. I gigged with a blond M3 in my teens and this sure brings back memories. Pretty pics soon come. (Deadlifted into the back of a pickup truck, straight into my garage...no steps at all.) EZ-PZ except for major argument with wife which I somehow survived. (Pretty brutal...she called me Fred Sanford.) (Also need to give it a good Leslie treatment. Probably the pair of horn modded 120"s...or the super Frankenstein 825/122, or maybe the 31h...or even better...the 900 down the street. I am Fred.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Pretty brutal...she called me Fred Sanford. at least she still talks to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesG Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Nice! You got a reverb speaker and like an AO-35. That's not 100% "all stock", that was a dealer upgrade to help the old-stock organs compete with the new M100s. Quote Hammond: L111, M100, M3, BC, CV, Franken CV, A100, D152, C3, B3 Leslie: 710, 760, 51C, 147, 145, 122, 22H, 31H Yamaha: CP4, DGX-620, DX7II-FD-E!, PF85, DX9 Roland: VR-09, RD-800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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