Vintage Synth Repair

I thought my  previous post about this  appeared but I can't find 
it ... or maybe I don't know where to look. Anyway ... the M-3 has 4 or 
5 dead ones on the first 2 drawbars. 2 the same notes on both manuals, 
a couple more only on either but not both.  Other questions about the 
beast, too, but I'll deal with one at a time.  I was on this group a 
couple years ago or more when I had a Wurli 200-A.  I got good help, 
was directed to Morelocks and I was very pleased with their work and 
price. Thanks for that help and in advance for suggestions re the 
Hammond. Incidentally, I just saw an M-3 at the thrift store for $60.  
Don't know if it works.  They seem to be going on eBay for a top of 3 
to 4 hundred.  

Clif in Michigan

> Incidentally, I just saw an M-3 at the thrift store for $60.  
> Don't know if it works.  They seem to be going on eBay for a top of 3 
> to 4 hundred.  
> 
> Clif in Michigan
>


I'd LOVE to have a $60 M3, whether it worked or not!  (Well, maybe not 
if the TG was locked up!)  Did it have lotsa broken keys/pedals?  Signs 
of vermin habitation?  Where in MI is the thrift store of which you 
speak?  If it was in SW MI, & I knew the name of the store I might call 
to inquire further...

J in Indiana

Thanks, Clif, but I'd better pass that one up. At 250 miles round trip in my truck, gasoline adds $100 to the price. An M3 in good shape is worth that, imho, but I can't spare a whole day right now to pick up such a toy! (Well, I might go I were to ignore a certain 'stabilizing influence' refraining me from such capricious foolery... but if I ingored that influence, then I couldn't buy it for Reason # 1 that you listed...)

- J -

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "Clif Martin" wrote:
>
> It's in Muskegon, Jim. A bit of a jaunt from Indiana. It did not look at all beat up. I might go in and ask them to plug it in. I'd buy it except for 2 reasons. Divorce, and it takes 3 men and a boy to move those old Hammonds. If you are seriously interested I will send you the ValueLand phone #.
>
> Clif in Michigan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jfloydhumanoid> To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:03 AM
> Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Hammond M-3 dead notes
>
>
> > Incidentally, I just saw an M-3 at the thrift store for $60.
> > Don't know if it works. They seem to be going on eBay for a top of 3
> > to 4 hundred.
> >
> > Clif in Michigan
> >
>
> I'd LOVE to have a $60 M3, whether it worked or not! (Well, maybe not
> if the TG was locked up!) Did it have lotsa broken keys/pedals? Signs
> of vermin habitation? Where in MI is the thrift store of which you
> speak? If it was in SW MI, & I knew the name of the store I might call
> to inquire further...
>
> J in Indiana
>