Mellotronists

Nice unit! And going cheap! 

Reminds me of a 1936 Model A I saw in a Salvation Army thrift store 
in Walla Walla, WA back around 1995. It was $400 and came with one 
of the first Leslies ever built--one of the ultra-rare units that 
spun counter-clockwise and was the size of a large refridgerator. 
The whole set-up was beat up and scuffed pretty bad, but everything 
worked perfectly. What a great restoration project if only I had the 
time (and space!) and the means to get it to my house two hours' 
drive away. As it was, the rig sat in the store for nearly a month 
until it was sold to a local church.

If only that same scenerio would drop into my lap today.

Too bad Hammond doesn't have a homepage (understandable). At least 
there are collectors sites all over the place and active trading 
going on. There are dying Hammonds all over the intermountain 
Pacific Northwest--partly because service techs have to come in from 
Portland, Spokane or Boise, and won't visit until they have at least 
three or four other repairs in the neighborhood.

This site seems to be the official Hammond site: 
http://hammondsuzuki.com

Anyone using Native Instruments B4?

Bernie
(missing my old B3)

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "mellotrongirl" 
<mellotrongirl@h...> wrote:
> Nice unit! And going cheap! 
> 
> Reminds me of a 1936 Model A I saw in a Salvation Army thrift 
store 
> in Walla Walla, WA back around 1995. It was $400 and came with one 
> of the first Leslies ever built--one of the ultra-rare units that 
> spun counter-clockwise and was the size of a large refridgerator. 
> The whole set-up was beat up and scuffed pretty bad, but 
everything 
> worked perfectly. What a great restoration project if only I had 
the 
> time (and space!) and the means to get it to my house two hours' 
> drive away. As it was, the rig sat in the store for nearly a month 
> until it was sold to a local church.
> 
> If only that same scenerio would drop into my lap today.
> 
> Too bad Hammond doesn't have a homepage (understandable). At least 
> there are collectors sites all over the place and active trading 
> going on. There are dying Hammonds all over the intermountain 
> Pacific Northwest--partly because service techs have to come in 
from 
> Portland, Spokane or Boise, and won't visit until they have at 
least 
> three or four other repairs in the neighborhood.