From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Thu Jan 09 14:45:02 2003
Subject:Re: Chop Shop

I have two more recommendations on the chopper end:
Numerous Complaints out of Atlanta, GA. They do a
very interesting product. Their "flagship" as it were
is a ONE MANUAL Hammond that is the same size as the
top half of a Rhodes Suitcase, and less than 140 lbs.
You then put it on a double xframe stand and then you
have a very nice flat top surface for another
keyboard. I contacted them about doing that, but I
wanted the 2 keyboard version, which I got. They will
take the organ out of your furniture and put it in
their box. If you provide the organ and the furniture
is in nice shape, he will give you a hefty break on
the cost for the furniture. Also (and I LOVE THIS
PRODUCT!!!!) the MAN as far as I'm concerned is John
at The Hammond Store (hammondstore.com). Beautiful
work, meticulous, it comes with a stand that bolts in
(one bolt each side) that is seriously sturdy. Also
will work a fantastic deal with you if you provide the
organ. Check him out. If you need the phone number,
just contact me.

Bye....t
--- dougsyolists@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/9/2003 10:55:04 AM Eastern
> Standard Time,
> trevor.reynolds@insightbb.com writes:
>
> > I have an A-102 Hammond 65ish model and a brand
> new Leslie, model
> > 122A. Awsome sounding. Both in mint condition. I'm
> thinking about
> > chopping the Hammond. Motivation being to both
> lighten it up and to
> > make it so I can just slide it in the back of my
> pick-up truck. I
> > plan to make a custom stand which would be
> collapsable. I know it
> > would still be heavy and I wouldn't gain that much
> in weight
> > reduction but I would gain a little.
>
> First: keep the AO-28.
>
> Second: I'm not enthusiastic about
> reverb-thru-Leslie. Perhaps the players in
> question had add-on reverb (either Hammonds, or a
> 122RV/147RV) that didn't
> feed the reverb through the Leslie itself... for my
> A-105, I tap the Leslie
> off of the AO-28, jumper out the main amp with a
> resistor, but keep the feed
> to the reverb amp.
>
> Third: As much as I dislike the A-102 consoles (and
> consider them perfect
> "chop fodder"), I wouldn't recommend damaging the
> A-102 case by chopping it.
> SpeakEasy sells a "road case"... You install the
> A-102 guts in the case and
> down the road you can potentially un-do the chop.
> See
>
http://www.speakeasyvintagemusic.com/hammondstore.html
>
> Doug
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>

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