Looks like a very cheap Viscount from the 1970s, but with more 'classical' looking rocker switches. The keys and rest of the layout are similar to some of the psuedo-classical Viscount's I've played.
To be honest, and I'm sure that's what you want, it was a low end item when new and its value now, after 40+ years, is zero.
It's not what you play. It's not how you play. It's the fact that you're playing that counts.
Though Andy G is being honest with you about the value and where it stood in the product line when new, it may actually not be a bad thing to keep around the house, if you have room for it and the inclination to play organ. Or a child in the house who might want to learn.
Though it unfortunately has only a "spinet" style pedal board -- a single octave of pedal keys -- it does have two regular-size 61-note keyboards, the standard size keyboard used for organs world-wide. So a person could do some decent learning and playing on it, with the limitations imposed by the short pedal board. In fact, a great many of the players I knew growing up, and many amateur players out in smaller churches today, use only the left foot to play the pedals and actually have no use for the rest of the pedal notes you'd get if this were a longer and more standard pedal board.
Viscount made this line of organs to be marketed in North America by the Baldwin company, and they had several levels of price and features and quality. This one is near the bottom on all three, but even at that, it's not a complete piece of junk. A church not far from me has what I believe is an identical model except with a 27-note pedal board instead of the spinet pedals. It's not what most people on this forum would call a great organ, but it sure does the job for that little church. If yours is like other very small and inexpensive Viscount "church" organs that I've seen/played/owned, it will have some very pretty individual stops, though mixing them together will not produce as satisfying an "ensemble" as we all like to hear on a good church organ.
Bottom line -- you aren't likely to get anything for it if you try to sell it, but it could be a fun little organ to own and play around with, or as a starter instrument for some student.
John
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If you in a situation where tax credits are helpful, you might get a local dealer to give you a written appraisal and then give it to your local St. Vincent DePaul or Salvation Army.
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