The Mellotron Group

Doing research on it now!

 

 

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From: Thomas C. Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Nov 12, 2011 1:30 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT-new addition


  
    
                  
Congratulations Fritz- I love those M3's- you could drop them off a
battleship, retreive them months later , dry them off and they would still
play (something I heard Hammond actually did). Maybe in the future you can
get the foldback mod on the upper register and it will be in essence a B3
with shorter keyboards.

> Going to southern VA next weekend to pick up my newly purchased Hammond
> M3!!!  Only two owners, only moved twice and its current owner is a piano
> and organ tech/hammond wiz. The first owner was the proverbial little old
> lady who played it on Sundays for her church group.  Don't know the exact
> age, but we'll find out.  It has the Leslie interface installed and comes
> with a spare preamp and tube set. My Leslie 145 is fully functioning but
> going through a cabinet restoration. My wife thinks I'm crazy.  Wait till
> she hears this thing cranked.
>
> fritz
>