Shamanzarek Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 I came across this 1953 film and can't recall ever seeing a Hammond with this cabinet-style. It does look like it came from the Hammond factory. There also appears to be some additional knobs and/or switches on the left side of the cabinet. The Three Suns are seen with a conventional Hammond B-style organ in most other videos. Anyone know anything about this? Quote Gibson G101, Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, Vox Continental, RMI Electra-Piano and Harpsichord 300A, Hammond M102A, Hohner Combo Pianet, OB8, Matrix 12, Jupiter 6, Prophet 5 rev. 2, Pro-One, CS70M, CP35, PX-5S, WK-3800, Stage 3 Compact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matted stump Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 Quote Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Despicable MC Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 Definitely not a Hammond, and there were many companies making organs in the 1950s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrokeys Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 My money says it IS a Hammond but for some reason in a custom cabinet. I know of no other organ that sounded like that and especially one with draw bars, which I was always led to believe, were sort of a proprietary technology until Hammond went broke in the 1970's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radagast Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 1 hour ago, The Real MC said: Definitely not a Hammond, and there were many companies making organs in the 1950s. It looks like it has four sets of drawbars. And it has the octave of color reverse keys used for presets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightbg Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 Some kind of Hammond, but def a one off on the cabinetry. If you examine the closeups at 4:06 the drawbars and presets are there. However the upper and lower left side cheekblocks appear to have identical additional controls for some purpose.IIRC Lenny Dee had a hot rodded model A with analog delays and a Solovox keyboard built in. That one also had red and green fluorescent tubes mounted under the manuals. I’d love to know if that still exists. Jake Quote 1967 B-3 w/(2) 122's, Nord C1w/Leslie 2101 top, Nord PedalKeys 27, Nord Electro 4D, IK B3X, QSC K12.2, Yamaha reface YC+CS+CP "It needs a Hammond" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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