Hammond Organs


I've been a Hammond Organ enthusiast for quite a few years now.
Here you can see some of the organs I've owned, and various other notes I've collected over the years.
Various Hammonds and Leslies I used to own, or maybe still do.

You can see a page of much older stuff I've owned or seen here, including the 'chopped' organs I tried to make in the early 1990s.

Hammond A101
Hammond C3
Hammond A100
Hammond M3
Leslie 145 #1
Hammond BC
Leslie 251 #1
Leslie 145 #2
Leslie 251 #2
Leslie 145 #3
Leslie 251 #3
Leslie 145 #4
Leslie 145 #5
Here are some notes on some of the more daunting servicing jobs I've done, for any who might be contemplating them.
Most of the parts listed below can be bought as kits from Goff Prof, Tonewheel General or Trek II.

Replacing 100 Vibrato line capacitors
A100 A0-28 electrolytic capacitors
A100 manual felts
A100 buss bar cleaning
BC manual felts
BC tone generator recap
Leslie 145 cabinet refinish
Leslie 251 cabinet refinish
M3 manual felts
M3 A0-29 electrolytic capacitors
Hammond C3 cabinet refinish
Add reverb to a 251
Modify TrekII Reverb for 251
251 amp partial rebuild
251 crossover cap replacement
M3 Trek ELB-1A FX loop
Here are some schematics, scanned from the manual (many others can be found online; try Captain Foldbacks site): Need a replacement Hammond or Leslie decal? Take this PDF version to a print shop (you'll need to scale it to size first) (provided by Dave Bishop, original source unknown).

Here's a shot promo film of the Hammond Organ factory (from Peter Jones)

A story accredited to Bob Mitchell about Don Leslie creating his speaker, probably I took it from the HamTech mail list.

Complete list of all vintage Hammond & Leslie Models, including general specifications and pictures of some models.

This list was put together back in the early 1990s, when online Hammond resources were slim on the ground, and used to be "Appendix A" of the now rather defunct Hammond FAQ.

Last update 30 Jul 2013 (c) Bevis Peters (bevis@jackhollow.com)

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