tube rectifiers, HexFreds, and Hammond Organs

[Leon Rothenberg]

Bill Layer wrote:
> 
> Is it worth anything? What you've got is the baby brother of the B-3. The
> M-3 is a dual-manual tone generator organ, with the highly-touted
> percussion voice. It's the percussion voice (mainly...) that creates that
> characteristic Hammond Tone. Of course, a Leslie helps too...
> 

Yes, the perc is great.  I think that it is much larger and harder to
move than a B-3, making it more of a big brother.  It has its own
speaker and amplifier built into the body.  Are we talking about the
same thing?

> 
> Else, it's a great sounding Hammond. Does your M-3 have the Octal or
> Miniature tube electronics? Mine uses the minis.
> 

It has tubes, although I am not familiar with what Octal is.  The tubes
are all original as far as I know except for one which I had to
replace.  It was given to me by my great uncle who had it at his
lakehouse in Wisconsin.  Very nice of him, I must say.

What I would like to do is put a mod in to be able to take a line level
signal out of it.  Does someone have the contact information for
Hammond?

I have also heard that it is possible to find organs cheap in places
like Florida.  Any truth to this?
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