Ian, I have only used my old Hohner one time in the last year, on a short recording (commercial, actually). It's pretty fragile and the reeds are hard to work on. The repair guy for my Hammonds and other older equipment is in his mid-70's and always busy.

I got mine from a customer about 10 years ago. His Dad played the hell out of it...so much so that the cover was almost gone and many of the reeds were bad. I put it back together, but it's like an old restored car...pretty and neat, but you wouldn't want to drive it to California and back.

The DX-7 is a little more stable and gets played 4 times a
month.

BTW: Like everyone else, I tried to play the intro to Superstition like the recording and was never satisfied. Then, last year, I found an article that said that Stevie used about 13 tracks on that piano part and delayed some of the synchronization, making it nearly impossible for one person to play the piece live. If you listen closely, you can hear multiple strikes on notes.


R.
(Not sure what the model is. Think it's a D, but got it as a basket case).