Agreed. The tuning pots on a minicompact are actually accessible through the rear of the unit's case. Little holes. A flat head screwdriver, VERY gently turned will tune it up. Each pot is good for that note on all octaves. Do not force the pot if you decide to tune it, they are brittle and will break. They can be fixed , but it's a bit of a process. If you check the tuning and it's close, leave it for the buyer. Better they break it than you, of course.
-Jack
--- On Wed, 7/30/08, gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] combo organs?
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 7:45 PM
> A fair price is $450 -$650 if the insides haven't dried
> up. The tuning
> coils under the lid must be turnable and tuneable or it is
> just a
> parts machine.
>
> On 7/30/08, Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org> wrote:
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> > Hi Jon- I think between 4 and 6 hundred dollars-
> they start around $300 on
> > ebay.
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> > Anybody out there have a guesstimate on the value of
> a Farfisa MiniCompact
> > in working condition, all switches intact, about 7/10
> cosmetically?
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