Sad story... I've had a friend tell me for about a year about a Hammond sitting unused in a church for decades, that they wanted to sell for maybe a grand or more. Nothing more than that description. No Leslie, no nothing.

So, I take a pass. I've seen altogether too many ratty L100's and beat up T-series with next to nothing working in old churches to want to take this seriously (plus a grand is a grand!).

But last week, my friend says he needs help moving it, he's going to buy it and fix it up. So we borrow some Hammond dollies from the local dealer, and take a truck and go get it. Imagine my horror when we get there, and it's a pristine B3 (a late model with the plastic drawbar end caps) with full pedalboard, a Leslie 122, fully working except the Leslie won't go to slow (it's stuck on fast) and slightly noisy drawbars...

My friend talks them down from the grand because of the stuck Leslie, and we roll it out of there for $800US.

I nearly died! I guess, a lesson learned. Never assume that an unused old Hammond is going to be a dog EVERY time.

Shoot me now... put me out of my misery..!