From bgvocals@yahoo.com Tue Jul 05 09:45:11 2011
Subject:Re: Somewhat off topic.... Hammond C3 story....question or two....

Thanks for the pain of envy, David. :-)

That wasn't a deal, or even a steal, it was more like a pure luck,
right-place-right-time confluence.

Lou

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From: David Jacques
To: Clonewheel Group ; Hammond XK3 Group
; Combo Organ
Sent: Tue, July 5, 2011 10:26:39 AM
Subject: [CWSG] Somewhat off topic.... Hammond C3 story....question or two....

Deals are still out there....

From the Mellotron List...

Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> Hello, All!
>>
>> So, I tend to frequent a particular flea market in Northern
>> Massachusetts every Sunday and have found quite a few music-
>> oriented things for short dough over the years. But this takes the
>> cake. Allow me to set the scene:
>>
>> A producer friend of mine and I park the car and just as we are
>> leaving the field to where the vendors are (it's outdoors), I
>> notice a bench to a C3. I make a joke about where the organ is and
>> think nothing further on it. We browse around, pick up some small
>> things, see some friends and its time to go so we head back to the
>> car. My friend decides he likes the bench (he recently got a CP70b
>> and needs something to use with it) and the vendor gives it to him
>> for $25, a sweet deal in and of itself. I quip "The organ is
>> included in that price, right?" The guy says, "Well there IS an
>> organ that goes with that, but you'd have to talk to the woman who
>> owns it." They have no idea what model it could be, "...but it's a
>> Hammond". We get her number and leave, excited by the mystery.
>>
>> Later in the day, I call her out of curiosity. Turns out, it was
>> an estate item that didn't sell and she says, "We were going to
>> smash it up and toss it in the dumpster. You can have it for the
>> moving." !!!! I ask for pictures and model numbers. She sends them
>> to my phone. Lo and behold...indeed, it's a C3! Purchased in 1959,
>> it has sat in their living room, lightly used since then.
>> Unfortunately, the tone cab was sold in the sale, but the organ
>> remains. Apparently, it needs only one tube to function, but its
>> mint, so even if there's more to be done, it's most certainly worth
>> it.
>>
>> Long and short, I have movers grabbing it this week. So psyched!
>> This will be an amazing addition to the studio and a nice friend
>> for my Mellotron and recently purchased Rhodes 73 Suitcase.

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