ebay or craigslist... hesitate to give a value... if the t12 has a FULL AGO size pedalboard it may be worth 500 to 1000 if in perfect working condition.
If it has the smaller "princess" pedalboards then MUCH less. The FULL size AGO pedalboards make it possible as a true practice instrument for a organ student. I just googled this model and it appears to be the "princess" pedalboard however.
value will depend upon location. if you are in the middle of Idaho it may sell for more than if in south Florida...just depends on what is available in the area and if anyone in your area is wanting an organ.
Honestly, its not worth much. I seem to recall seeing a few of these being given away free over the past few years. I doubt it would fetch $1000 - unless you had a buyer who didn't know the true value of these organs. Personally, I think more like the lower hundreds range perhaps no more than $500 maximum.
1971 Allen Organ TC-3S (#42904) w/sequential capture system.
Speakers: x1 Model 100 Gyro, x1 Model 105 & x3 Model 108.
Try advertising on Craigslist or something similar but don't expect buyers to be beating down your door. Most organs of this type and vintage are almost given away if you're lucky enough to find a taker. Any money you can get, or even no money at all, is better than having to haul the thing to the dump yourself. It's a sad state of affairs out there.
"The employment of the piano is forbidden in church, as is also that of noisy frivolous instruments such as drums, cymbals, bells and the like." St. Pius X
Uh, I don't have much money, but I have Princess size legs (28" inseam). AGO members smile vacantly at my weird idea that the standard organ has 25 pedals (I grew up Am/Sou Baptist). And I'm a big fan of JS Bach , who used 32 pedals for a few things, I find out now that I own 4 25 pedal organs. Might be up in Cincinnati this fall to look at the Pompei artifacts show, If I can fit in my trunk (59 ford car) and don't have to rent a $250 Ryder truck, I could pay you something. The Hammond A100 fit in the trunk really easily.
city Hammond H-182 organ (2 ea),A100,10-82 TC, Wurlitzer 4500, Schober Recital Organ, Steinway 40" console , Sohmer 39" pianos, Ensoniq EPS, ; country Hammond H112
Uh, I don't have much money, but I have Princess size legs (28" inseam).
Leg length really has nothing to do with why princess pedalboards are a bad idea for students. One of the few things I respect Rodgers for is never bothering with smaller pedalboards. The AGO standard exists for a reason. I think experience organists can move between AGO, European and princess with relative ease, but I found practicing on a princess board and taking lessons on an AGO organ to be problematic.
BTW, let's not get carried away. It's not a great organ these days when, if you know where to look and are willing to wait a while, can get an AGO ADC or MOS organ for < $1000. It's not even as tonally interesting as the T15 organ or one of the TC series. I believe it would be best given away for free...frankly someone is doing you a favor if they haul it away. That's just a fact when there's basically little to no market for organs that old, and that was the smallest, most basic transistorized Allen church organ.
Thanks for the posts, gents. I too have an older analog Allen, with a princess pedalboard and 2 gyro's to sell. This gives me some good info to work with. By the way, if anyone is interested, please let me know.
Mr geigercounter responded by Email, and the Allen T-12 organ without pedals is 41"Wx43"Hx30" deep. It would fit endwise in the trunk of my 59 Ford. It would stand up sideways but I don't think I am man enough to put that in there even handling 1/2 the weight.
The Gyro speaker is 33"Wx45"Hx25" deep. It will not turn through the door into my back seat. I've asked Mr. Counter to try listing that in a separate ad, as I already own a pair of Peavey SP2-XP speakers with 120 W amp and a stereo disco mixer.
He is trying to sell the combo for $500 on Cincinnati Craigslist. I hope he gets it. There is a nice picture of the front and right side.
I have been trying to get some practice time on an AGO pedal set, but I don't have $40 for a lesson right now. To fill the putative goal of being a pro organist in a mainstream church, Princess pedals are a waste of time. But I'm still a Baptist now, and organs are going out of fashion in ABC. Goal of playing the bass line to a Lynard Skynard song in the key of B instead of F#, Princess pedals might do the job, if the sharps aren't too short. The electronics may need some replacement; I have a couple of donor organs.
Both short women that played AGO pedals in concert I have seen at AGO concerts seemed to have the normal European proportion of leg/arm length to body size. I don't. Sliding around on the bench to reach C1 and C3 in different measures strikes me as being a non-starter.
city Hammond H-182 organ (2 ea),A100,10-82 TC, Wurlitzer 4500, Schober Recital Organ, Steinway 40" console , Sohmer 39" pianos, Ensoniq EPS, ; country Hammond H112
Hi, Jo. UHaul also rents trailers. The T12 is a classic cabinet that I don't see as traveling too well in the trunk. But it is a pretty organ and would make a nice addition to your collection. The gyro provides very warm romantic tones not found in very many classical organs. The downside is the 12 makes a number of voices through synthesis of existing voices and it doesn't take a very big registration to reach "full organ". If the owner would provide it to you free just to be sure it isn't going to be parted or put in the dump; I think the cost of trailer rental would match the value.
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