The Mellotron Group

Fritz you might find out more info from this company on the foldback mod-
he quoted me a price around $350
http://www.bossorgan.com/restoration.html
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>  That would certainly be a wonderful drive across country.  That's always
> been a dream.  I'm quite a fan of driving.  Situations being different I
> would have taken you up on it.
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> Thanks for the  tip on the foldback mod!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, Nov 12, 2011 5:46 pm
> Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] OT-new addition
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> Hi Fritz,
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> This guy on my Hammond forum can probably help with the foldback mod:
> http://captain-foldback.com
> He also archives schematics on everything.  If you want to come to
> California I have a working M3 I will
> give you for free!  I\u2019m tired of hearing my girlfriend bitch about it
> being in the front room J.  I have an
> XK-3c so my back breaking days of B3, C3, and M3s are over! J
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> Cheers,
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> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fdoddy@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 1:22 PM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT-new addition
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> Doing research on it now!
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> -----Original Message-----
> 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
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> 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.
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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