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So there's an old Hammond organ in my church that we're moving to the choir loft, and I can't exactly place the model of it. I can't seem to locate a nameplate on the back, though I haven't looked inside for one (where it is on my M3 at home). The guy who originally had it said it was a C2, but there aren't any tabs on it, and I know the C2 has vibrato tabs in the left corner. However, in the left corner up near the hinge for the cover is a switch that appears to turn a chorus generator on, and it looks original to the instrument, not a modification. There is a wheel of vibrato options, not unlike a B3 but it seems to have less options for chorus/vibrato. It's in a very C3/RT-3 type case for a church, with modesty panels and all, which leads me to believe it's in the D series, but almost every D series Hammond I've seen has a chorus drawbar on the right corner, this particular organ doesn't have one. Has anybody seen this before? I regret the lack of photos, but it appears to be very old, at least mid-1940's. There is also a Hammond-made tone cabinet with it that I've never seen. Not like a PR40 which is pretty squat, but tall, like a Leslie 122 without rotors. I didn't get a good look at the pedalboard (which is detached and in a closet), but it looked bigger than the average Hammond pedalboard at first glance, possibly AGO. I'm pretty bewildered by it, I was hoping any of you groovy people out there knew anything about it! Thanks!
Sincerely,
Dylan
So there's an old Hammond organ in my church that we're moving to the choir loft, and I can't exactly place the model of it. I can't seem to locate a nameplate on the back, though I haven't looked inside for one (where it is on my M3 at home). The guy who originally had it said it was a C2, but there aren't any tabs on it, and I know the C2 has vibrato tabs in the left corner. However, in the left corner up near the hinge for the cover is a switch that appears to turn a chorus generator on, and it looks original to the instrument, not a modification. There is a wheel of vibrato options, not unlike a B3 but it seems to have less options for chorus/vibrato. It's in a very C3/RT-3 type case for a church, with modesty panels and all, which leads me to believe it's in the D series, but almost every D series Hammond I've seen has a chorus drawbar on the right corner, this particular organ doesn't have one. Has anybody seen this before? I regret the lack of photos, but it appears to be very old, at least mid-1940's. There is also a Hammond-made tone cabinet with it that I've never seen. Not like a PR40 which is pretty squat, but tall, like a Leslie 122 without rotors. I didn't get a good look at the pedalboard (which is detached and in a closet), but it looked bigger than the average Hammond pedalboard at first glance, possibly AGO. I'm pretty bewildered by it, I was hoping any of you groovy people out there knew anything about it! Thanks!
Sincerely,
Dylan
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