Somebody wants to give me a Hammond x5 & leslie. Any advice?

[bramnaus]

Dear all/organ fans,

So this friday I'm going to pick up a (portable) Hammond x5 for our church! Does anyone know what model leslie is depicted on the image? (Is it a leslie 770?)

Does anyone have experience with this model? What do I have to be aware of? This will be the church's first organ, so I'm a newbie actually. I couldn't get any information about the weight of this model... Does anyone know how much the x5 weighs?

Also, any advice on transporting this organ is welcome!

Thank you all for reading & responding!

[Papus]

Looks like a good combo.
X5's may suffer LSI disease - check every note on every drawbar.
Leslie may require oiling.
Even if the X5 is toast, DO NOT trash that Leslie - it can be mated with any number of good quality Hammonds, old and new.
The X5 will have a Leslie preamp in the floor pedal casing - DO NOT discard it! If you trash the X5, KEEP the Leslie preamp as it is an absolute necessity to drive that Leslie

[johwin61]

Transporting an X5 is very easy. Lay it down on its back and remove the stand. Fold the stand together. There's a reverb lock under a locker that should be used, if I remember right. Then you can carry the organ like a suitcase, let be a rather big one.

You can do everything on yourself. To get the organ in a car requires help from one more, though.

Many years ago I used to transport an X5 and a 760 in a small dutch Daf 66 car. That was a tight fit, but it worked!

[bramnaus]

Huge thanks for your help!!

Does anyone have a clue what model leslie that is?

[Roger Memphis]

Does anyone have a clue what model leslie that is?

That really can't be determined by looking at the cabinet styles only.
There should be a data plate on the back of the Leslie which will state the Model Number, Serial Number,
correct voltage, etc.
Roger Memphis

[kkeys]

Should be a 770 Leslie if it has a 9-Pin connector.

[andyg]

Looks like a good combo.
X5's may suffer LSI disease - check every note on every drawbar.

The X5 isn't actually an LSI Hammond, it's a Japanese Ace Tone (GT-5) wearing a Hammond badge and is probably better built than the first generation LSI Hammonds. But it does have ICs that are scarce or unobtainable. So do all the checks.