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Recent discussions prompted some random searches...

Enjoy !

Robert

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From: Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net>
To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 4:31 PM
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] OT-new addition


  
Well it would have been great to meet you and I would have gained points with the girl friend in the process! J
It’s been there for over a decade so if you’re ever on the left coast let me know……
It was given to me by a keyboard player/friend but I always had a B3/C3 with a Leslie back then for gigging so 
the M3 became living room furniture…. Now that I have the XK-3c and a Ventilator I would like to upgrade my 
living room to a C3 and 122 (to really piss off my girlfriend J)…..
 
Gary
 
 
From:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fdoddy@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 6:54 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT-new addition
 
  
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.

Thanks for the  tip on the foldback mod!

best,

fritz
 
 
-----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
  
Hi Fritz,  
 
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’m 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
 
Cheers,
 
Gary
 
 
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
 
  
Doing research on it now!
 
 
-----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
  
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
>