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This is quite interesting, there have been several c3s for sale in NZ recently and I did briefly think about them but I think the digital one sounds pretty convincing, might look at the SK1 if it sounds as good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ueiay9P6-fM&feature=feedrec_grec_index

Mark

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Robert <rmrmax@...> wrote:
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> Recent discussions prompted some random searches...
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> Enjoy !
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> Robert
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU7Wkah_lQA
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> From: Gary Brumm <gabru@...>
> To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 4:31 PM
> Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] OT-new addition
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> Well it would have been great to meet you and I would have gained points with the girl friend in the process! J
> It’s been there for over a decade so if you’re ever on the left coast let me know……
> It was given to me by a keyboard player/friend but I always had a B3/C3 with a Leslie back then for gigging so
> the M3 became living room furniture…. Now that I have the XK-3c and a Ventilator I would like to upgrade my
> living room to a C3 and 122 (to really piss off my girlfriend J)…..
>  
> Gary
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> From:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fdoddy@...
> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 6:54 AM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT-new addition
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> That would certainly be a wonderful drive across country.  That's always been a dream.  I'm quite a fan of driving.  Situations being different I would have taken you up on it.
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> Thanks for the  tip on the foldback mod!
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> best,
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> fritz
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>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Brumm <gabru@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, Nov 12, 2011 5:46 pm
> Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] OT-new addition
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> Hi Fritz, 
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> This guy on my Hammond forum can probably help with the foldback mod: http://captain-foldback.com  
> He also archives schematics on everything.  If you want to come to California I have a working M3 I will
> give you for free!  I’m tired of hearing my girlfriend bitch about it being in the front room J.  I have an
> XK-3c so my back breaking days of B3, C3, and M3s are over! J
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> Cheers,
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> Gary
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> From:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fdoddy@...
> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 1:22 PM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT-new addition
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> Doing research on it now!
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>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas C. Doncourt <tomdcour@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, Nov 12, 2011 1:30 pm
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT-new addition
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> Congratulations Fritz- I love those M3's- you could drop them off a
> battleship, retreive them months later , dry them off and they would still
> play (something I heard Hammond actually did). Maybe in the future you can
> get the foldback mod on the upper register and it will be in essence a B3
> with shorter keyboards.
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> > Going to southern VA next weekend to pick up my newly purchased Hammond
> > M3!!! Only two owners, only moved twice and its current owner is a piano
> > and organ tech/hammond wiz. The first owner was the proverbial little old
> > lady who played it on Sundays for her church group. Don't know the exact
> > age, but we'll find out. It has the Leslie interface installed and comes
> > with a spare preamp and tube set. My Leslie 145 is fully functioning but
> > going through a cabinet restoration. My wife thinks I'm crazy. Wait till
> > she hears this thing cranked.
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> > fritz
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