Lowery Spinet Festival Organ Model # NL-20.

HOLY CRAP! This is a GREAT deal!! 350.00 opening bid with a 550.00 Buy It Now via THIS auction!

“Offered for sale is a Lowery Spinet Festival Organ Model # NL-20. This piece was recently included with an Estate Purchase and looks to be in great condition. This is the Electronic Spinet and retailed for over $10,000.00 New. We are offering this item at well below retail and it still has many years of enjoyment left. This Organ was purchased NEW and used very little if at all. We have the Owners Manual and song book included as shown.

Some of the details are as follows: 4 preset registration buttons, LCD display. 2-44 note keyboards, 13-Bass Pedals, 2-Channel (Stereo) Sound System (2×40W), 2-6″x9″ Full Range Speakers, Rhythm Preset buttons, Music Chord System, Automatic Organ Computer, Upper & lower symphonic voices, bass voices, digital voices/upper voices, orchestral voices (upper & lower), solo voices (upper only). Effects: Vibra Trem, Dynamic Keying (On/Off), Celeste, Solo Portamento, Reverb Effect, Transpose, Chorus, Sustain. Dimensions: 42″ Wide, 25.25″ Deep, 39.75″ Tall, 146 pounds. Serial Number: NL20-109J3-75240 WALNUT 1993 Year Of Production. Bench is included in great condition as well.”

And check out this sad sign of the times – great incentive, though (if you live up the street).

“Choose the BUY IT NOW option and receive $50.00 Credit towards gasoline expense for pick-up at our location in Greencastle, PA. 17225. Shipping can be arranged for a fee by our truck. Pick-up at our location is preferred.”

Technics PCM Sound EX5L Organ

Well, I’ve escaped the Computer Organ Terror War with nothing but mental scars.  Sorry for the absence, but I mean, you all had to deal with it, too.  I was truly sure that the Computer Organ High Command were going assimilate the last B-3 on Earth with a VSTi compatible USB port for online editing.  Who could have seen that playing Liberace would destroy the Computer Organ Uprising?  I would have guessed “Switched On Bach” or something else synthesizery that would have made the Computer Organs feel inadequate.  Instead, it was their lack of purity.  Hmmmm… I’m not sure I like that moral.

OUR SAVIOUR FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!

Anyway, I’m back, for now.  Due to the unspeakable horror of the past few months – people are dumping their organs like never before!

Today we have this Gothic beauty:

The Technics PCM Sound EX5L

via this AUCTION

Dirt cheap opening with a 95.00 bid out of Colorado Springs.

Wurlitzer Omni 5000

Ahhhh… back to good ol’ non-killer, blood thirsty, slave crazy robot organs!

Here we have a Wurlitzer Omni 5000 up for AUCTION from wholesome Witchita, Kansas yet another P.U.O. with a starting bid of 65 bux.

How about a few pix?

WAIT!  WHAT’S THIS?!?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Kimball EP1 w/ Elka ‘Computer’!

Holey Moley!

Have you ever dreamed of having a ‘H.A.L. 9000′ style computer in your organ helping you play your best?

“I’m sorry, Mars, but you played an incorrect note.”

“I’m sorry, Mars, but playing the Banjo setting with the  Dyna Mute setting is in poor taste.”

“I’m sorry, Mars, but your blood alcohol level is too high to play me with any kind of accuracy at this time.”

Yeah, me neither.  But as I said in the last post, marketing departments of the 1970’s seemed to think we did.

So here we have another blast from the past courtesy of this Newhall, California, Pick Up Only AUCTION.

The Kmball EP-1 w/ Elka ‘Computer’

beep boop!

“Ready to assist you, PeeWee!”

Baldwin Microcomputer Orchestra

It’s the 1970’s.  Just the word ‘computer’ sends society into a fantasia of Kubrik-ian proportions.  So it comes as no surprise that everything that could be even remotely identified as being a computer would have the term tacked on the product.  Enter this mystery:

The pictures are nice, but the enigma remains…

It has a preset called … wait for it… Fantomfingers!

Via this AUCTION P.U.O. in Scottsdale, AZ (whaaa?  Another Arizona Organ!?!?)

Hammond Aurora Classic 200

Another FANTASTIC Classic 200 up for sale on Ebay for 400 bux (OR you can make a ‘Best Offer’).

“Classic Hammond Aurora  Multiplex Synthesis , Two 44 note Keyboards, 13 Pedals, Harmonic Tonebars Upper Keybord one set of 9 Tonebars, Lower Keyboard set of 7 Tonebars, Piston Presets: Vibraharp, Theatre, Jazz, Hammond Sound, Full Organ, Polysnethesis Precussion Variable Repeat, 2nd, 3rd,& 5ht Harmonics, Vibraharp, Twin Mallet Marimba,Chimes,Pluck Pizzicato, Banjo,Harpsichord,Piano, Piano Solo,Second Voices, Violin,English Horn,Kinura,Diapason,Pedals 16′&8′Bass Guitar, Easy Play Group,Brite Foot, Bass Walk, Memory Chords, One Fnger Chords, Auto Chord, Leslie Lower, Leslie Upper, Leslie Reverb, Leslie Chorale, Vibrato, Melody Maker, Philharmonic Strings, Sustain, Fascinating Fingers, Headphone Jack, Speakers ONe 12″, tow 8″ One 6″, Power Amplifiers  2-35 Watt, 1-12 Watt

Dimensions 48 1/4″L, 44″ H, 25 1/2 ” D  Weight  272 Lbs (Including Bench)

Showroom condition, Local Pickup only”

Someone in Tucson, AZ will be rockin’ that any day.

Hammond Piper on eBay

It seems that the Hammond Piper Autochord is the most popular item here on Organ*Pron.  Whether that’s because you all have one and want to see how much you can get for it (probable), or because everyone suddenly thinks they’re super cool (unlikely) I DON’T KNOW.

SO.  Here’s an AUCTION out of Scottsdale, Arizona.  The seller is  asking 49.99 US.  This one has a bench!  PICKUP  ONLY, although they will deliver anywhere in The Valley for 50.00 plus sales tax.  Really nice clean model.  Click for larger image.

see the original post HERE

ARP String Machine MELTDOWN!

This week is a good one on the ‘bay if you’re an ARP string machine fanatic – also somewhat frustrating.  Click titles to go to the matching auction.

ARP Quartet

ARP Omni

And then these two poor bastards who no doubt had their filters removed for some synth DIY bologna!

ARP Omni sans VCF & ASDR filters

ARP Omni II sans MANUAL

oh man, that’s gotta smart.  On the bright side – if you bought both of these, you could probably cannibalize one to feed the other – it’s totally feasable at 49.99 each!

Buy them for me.

ARP Omni String Synthesizer

Via this AUCTION

“UP FOR GRABS IS OUR NEAR MINT FULLY RESTORED ARP OMNI VINTAGE STRING SYNTHESIZER. WE ARE BROKEN HEARTED TO HAVE TO PART WITH HER BUT I JUST GOT MARRIED AND SOME THINGS JUST HAVE TO GO. THIS WAS RESTORED BY ONE OF THE BEST TECHS IN THE COUNTRY, JEFF BLANKENSOP FROM E.A.R.S (EXPERT AUDIO REPAIRS) N.Y.C. HE TOURED WITH PINK FLOYD FROM DARK SIDE OF THE MOON TO THE WALL AMONG OTHERS. HE WAS THEIR PERSONAL TECH AND HAS BEEN REPAIRING THIS STUFF SINCE IT WAS NEW. HOW CAN YOU BEAT THAT. THE COSMETICS ON THIS BABY ARE UNREAL. IT HAS BEEN IN OUR SMOKE FREE STUDIO SINCE NEW. WE ACTUALLY HAD 2 RESTORED AT THE SAME TIME ONLY NEEDED ONE SINCE A STUDIO DOWNSIZE BUT KEPT THE NICER ONE FOR OURSELVES . THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES THE OWNERS MANUAL,SERVICE MANUAL AND THE ULTRA RARE ARP OMNI PROMO DEMO . THE PHOTOS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. ITS NOT CHEAP. BUT THE BEST NEVER COMES CHEAP.  BUT A CRUMMY ONE FOR $300 AND RESTORE IT IF YOU CAN FIND A EXPERIENCED TECH. HER YOU HAVE A NM ONE FULLY RESTORED. ( see bill of sale photo)  IN PLUG AND PLAY CONDITION.  THIS IS THE ONE THE ONLY ORIGINAL STRING SOUND YOU HEARD ON MANY RECORDINGS OF THE 70s/80s ROCK GROUPS.”

Beautiful.  Buy it for me.

Lowrey Organ GX-2 for 200 bucks!!!

HEADS UP FLORIDA ORGAN FREAKS!!

This is why I love organs!  Unlike synthesizers, people just want to get rid of them!  Here’s a perfect example:  A Lowrey GX-2 in Lake Wales, Florida for 200 dollars.  That is UNBELIEVABLY cheap!!!  Hey, I know!!  Buy it and send it to me!

DAMMIT, WHY COULDN’T THIS BE IN ATLANTA!!!

Eminent Grand Organ

Here’s a beaut:

This seller is selling this for 500 dollars US via this AUCTION OR you can get it from them via this listing on CRAIGSLIST for 450 dollars US!!  Here’s another pic from the Craigslist post

Nice dolly.

WURLITZER FUNMAKER SPECIAL MODEL 435 ORGAN

FUNMAKER!!!!

Man, the photo’s look like their from the 70’s

via this AUCTION

God, I love this stuff!!

Yamaha Electone FS-500

THIS IS SOME ORGAN*PRON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

click the pic for the extreme close up, you perv!

Hey Michigan Organ Addicts – Check it out!

From this Auction:

“This is a excellent condition Yamaha Electone FS-5000 It is one of the best organs Yamaha ever made, this is from 1984. It has Combination Section , Orchestra Section strings, brass, reeds, Special Presets, custom voices, Solo keyboard ….plays GREAT wood cabinet… combination lever memory 1, 2, 3, orchestra stirrup, brass, reed, & vocal Piano Harpsichord, celestra, vibraphone, mandolin, banjo, jazz, guitar, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxaphone, trumpet, trombone, violin, electric bass, solo…piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxaphone, trumpet, horn, violin, harmonica, guitar, auto rhythm, unit march, waltz, ballad, slow rock, tango, latin, samba, … Also comes with bench, .. Again, excellent condition… Buy with confidence, check my feedback… Item is for local pick up only, unless you make arrangments for a shipping company to pick up. Organ is located in Homer Michigan,”

they call it it the FS-5000, but it is definitely the FS-500 as can be seen in the third photo below.

What I love about this auction, beyond the very affordable start price of 799 US, are the almost VIOLENT close ups, like you’re being shoved face first into the amazing features!!!

Thomas Monticello 371 Organ W/ Moog

from this auction

“Thomas Monticello 371 Organ.. With MOOG Preset SYNTHESIZER.. A Sound For Everyone.. Owners Manual.. Two 44 Note Keyboards.. Power And Color Glo Switches.. Organ Control Panel.. Lower Keyboard Control Panel.. Synthesizer Control Panel.. Upper Keyboard Control Panel.. Radial Arc Pedal Keyboard.. Expression Pedal.. LESLIE And Variable Controls.. Pedal Voices.. Tremulant.. Solo Voices.. Percussions.. Headphone Jack.. Pedal Keyboard.. Lots Of Music Books And Bench Included……………………….

Church Registrations With MOOG Synthesizer:
Full Organ: Clear, Tone Good Choral Accompaniment.. Baroque Ensemble With Reeds.. Brilliant Ensemble With Reeds.. Sforzando: Bold, Brilliant With Reeds And Strings..

Special Registrations Moog Synthesizer And Organ: Barrel Organ.. Concert Grand Played In Octaves.. Harp.. Hawaiian Guitar Chorus.. Highland Pipers Chorus.. Honky Tank Piano.. Musette.. Marimba With Flute.. Novelty Reed With Organ.. Sitar.. Theatre Organ Tibia Vox Chorus.. Vision Ensemble With Organ………………….

Solo Moog Synthesizer Registrations: Smooth Trumpet.. Fat Trombone.. French Horn.. Tuba.. English Horn.. Bassoon.. Sub-Tone Clarinet.. Baritone Sax.. Alto Sax.. Violin.. Electric Bass Guitar.. Plucked Bass.. Flute.. Slide Flute.. Recorder.. Alley Cat.. Warbler.. Singing Voice.. Moon People.. Jaw Harp.. Happy Voice.. Tweedle.. Fire Siren.. Wart Hog……
PLUS: You Can CREATE Your Own Sounds.. Even The PHASER Sound From Star Trek…………….

Owners manual and music books included.. Even the Day Glo Self learning books…

NOTE:

It Would Take Pages To Describe Everything This Organ Can Do…………..”

I am FALLING ALL OVER MYSELF to recreate that Phaser sound from Star Trek on an organ! Finally, a dream fulfilled!

Seriously, though, this sounds great.

Kawai E600A part 1

I’m about to embark on a project…

Okay, so I got this off of craigslist for 85 bucks total (50 for the organ, 35 to ship). It’s HUGE and weighs about 400lbs. I live on the second floor of an apartment building with rickety little homecrafted wooden stairs. Needless to say, the poor thing had to spend two days under a tarp in the alley. And wouldn’t ya know it, there was a massive storm that first night!

Luckily, MIRACULOUSLY, it survived getting wet and my pal Carlyle Haire and I hauled the thing off to his beautiful one story house in Lithonia, Ga. Everything works great (although I didn’t hook up the massive twenty-five pedal array, I’m certain that’s in order as well).

As you know, this is one of those ‘Fun Time’ band-in-a-box type consoles and not an organ in the classical sense of the word. In fact, with all of the levers down, it’s damn close to a synthesizer in it’s character. It still has a full set of drawbars, but a B3 it ain’t!

Being that I’m an experimentalist at heart, I’m ga-ga about this machine. It’s organ enough that you’ll know what you’re hearing when it’s played, but synthy enough that I can alter it’s sounds around to make it my main console.

The onboard drumbox is fantastic, super-fakey to the point of being textural at times. The auto chord function is really cool with deep basses and interesting progressions.

The sounds are as follows:

UPPER PERCUSSION

Piano, Harpsichord, Mandolin, Banjo, Marimba, Upper Percussive 4 & 2 2/3, Wow Repeat.

INDEPENDENT SPEAKING VOICES

Tibia 16, String 16, Major Flute 8, Bourdon 16, String Bass, Diapason 8, Tibia 8, Oboe 8, Horn 8, String 8, Clarinet 8, Bassoon 8, String 4, Tibia 4, Tibia 2-2/3, Tibia 2.

Kawai Voice Drawbar

16, 8, 4, 2-2/3, 2.

Kawai Synthesizer

VOICES: Player Sound 16, Player Sound 8, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Wow Mute.

DRAWBAR: Attack, Decay, Level, Cut, Peak.

okay, so there’s a mini analog synth in there. The ‘Player Sound’ levers allow the user to modulate on the fly.

Kawai Autorhythm

The on board drumbox is turned on when you flick the ‘Rhythmer’ tab (yes, ‘Rhythmer’)

The black and white pushbuttons are in two rows of 8.

TOP ROW: Waltz, Ballad, March, Tango, Rock I, Rock II, Rock III, Bossonova

BOTTOM ROW: Swing I, Swing II, Swing III, Samba, Mambo, Beguine, Cha-Cha, Rhumba.

Kawai Electro Chord

Break, Electro Chord, Rhythmer

Yeah, this thing is pretty awesome for what it is.

But this weight issue is an….issue.

So Carlyle and I have been thinking about this: Shedding the heavy, HEAVY wood, separating the amplifier and placing both into their own dedicated plexiglass consoles!! The other idea is have absurdly big handles, casters and built in dolly. I want to use this live, dammit!!

Call Me Quixote…

So here I am trying to convince the youth of today that organs can be awesome, cool and totally modern and this is who Lowrey has settled on marketing to:

I can’t help you if you don’t help me, Lowrey!!!!!

Lowrey GX-325 Genius Organ

Relatively speaking, dirt cheap at a starting bid of 750 US in Chicago, Ill., it’s a Pee U Oh (pick up only, dummy) in this here auction.

And Party Pianist Mr. Robert Benson was kind enough to put up a lengthy mp3 demo of his Lowrey GX-325 Organ.

NO! NO! NO!

Not ROBBY Benson, star of one the films that freaked me out about drugs as a kid, 1977’s ‘Richie’.

NO! NO! NO!

Not Robert GUILLAUME, star of the late 70’s early 80’s sitcom ‘Benson’ and one Phantom of the Opera (an organ playing psychopath with a heart of gold).

I mean ROBERT BENSON – this guy:

Of course, the track makes me think of all the insane stuff I’d do with the GX-325. It would be terrifying.

Kimball Temptation Entertainer

Oh boy, Bells & Whistles!

via this AUCTION

Post-Modern Organ Musics For Non-Geriatrics 2

QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT

Starting off as a vaudevillian experimentalist with the band MATH and his first two records, { ‘The Amazing Spellcaster (Live from the Pussycat Caverns)‘ (BULB 1996) being the one where the Organ became the dominant instrument-still highly noisy / experimental stuff – I love it!}, Mr. Quintron and his puppeteer woman-at-arms Miss Pussycat mined soul, funk and gospel with his groundbreaking ‘Satan Is Dead’ (BULB 1997 oop). As of late, Quintron has adapted to hip hop rhythms as well as creating the insane analog drum machine light sensor thing known as the DRUM BUDDY. As I’m going for organ here, I didn’t add the Drum Buddy infomercial, but you should check it out because it’s golden.

Quintron and Miss P are interesting characters. My friends and I used to hang with him a lil’ bit back in the day whenever he’d come through Atlanta.  The last time I saw him he had just finished reading the Led Zeppelin biography ‘Hammer of The Gods’. He gave it to me said it was great except for the end when Bonzo dies, then took it back, ripped the last chapter out and handed it over, sparing me from the heartbreak of vicariously living through one of rock’s greatest drummers final days. He then proceeded to play a three hour set. We practically had to drag him away from that organ, man.

Post-Modern Organ Musics For Non-Geriatrics

When most people think of organs they either think of their Grandpa/ma and their Fun Maker at Christmas pumping out a stiff rendition of ‘Jingle Bells’ and a moribund ‘Silent Night’, or they think of The Doors. Maybe if you’re lucky they’ll say ‘96 Tears’ the 1966 hit by ? & The Mysterians.

Of course, the 1970’s were so filled with dull, by the book organ playing they pretty much killed the instrument as a viable tool. Nowadays the organ is used to invoke the 60’s in a thousand ‘garage rock’ bands, or 70’s soft rock AOR singer/songwriter fluff.

But did you know that there are modern acts taking the organ into the next century by using it in ways the creators never intended? We’re talking real, modern, cutting edge stuff, here. Artists that forgo the orthodoxy of guitar domination and lead with a manual! This takes balls, but that’s okay as these people have an extra pair hanging off their sheet music stands.

I speak of groups like Get Hustle, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Slaves/Pleasure Forever, and Skullening.

Over the course of the following weeks and months, I hope to get a hold on some of these artists and grill them about their gear for you Organ*Pron addicts. For now, I leave you with some Youtube material:

GET HUSTLE

GOODMAN’S ENTERTAINMENT MACHINE GEM WIZARD 320 ORGAN

Another cheap auction

I just had to post it. Look at that NAME!!!

GOODMAN’S ENTERTAINMENT MACHINE GEM WIZARD 320 ORGAN

That’s why I love ‘em!

Kawai Electro Chord Bass 1

Ironically, I’m getting one of these TOMORROW for 50 bucks!

This one is a mystery.  I’ll update with a review in a few days.

Dirt cheap at 9.99 US Pick Up Only in Montana via this auction

Hammond Colonnade

Wow.  This guy’s almost giving it away via this auction

More amazing than the $399 starting bid (with a $500 BiN) is the fact that they’ll SHIP IT for $100 bucks outta Sarasota, Florida!

ORLA Chromatic Electronic Accordians

YEAH!!!

TECHNOLOGY!!!

“Authentic Orchestral Voices and Organ Sounds
All instruments have 292 sampled sounds in each of the orchestral sections. These include the standard 128 General Midi voices + ORLA XM sound library voices. Each manual has real time Flutebars for creating your own original organ sounds with Flute or Tibia voicing. Both Tremolo and Vibrato effects are available on the Flutes.
40 unique accordion samples can be found within the Orchestra sections.
A variety of features such as Reverb, 3D Sound Enhancer, Octave shift and Sustain can be used to enhance the sounds.

Built In Registrations and Automatic Set Ups
In order to allow you to sit down and play straight away using professional sounding registrations each of the 90 onboard rhythm styles has an Automatic Set Up. These convenient registrations, set up the whole instrument instantly using sounds appropriate to the musical style selected. The instruments allow the player to adjust these registrations to suit personal taste. The 16 Overall Presets also come preset with settings to get you started once again covering a wide range of musical styles including Organ Sounds, Orchestral, Jazz and Big Band.

Advanced Rhythm Orchestrations
Each one of the instruments has an extensive rhythm section featuring 90 different rhythm styles. These cover a broad range – from traditional dance rhythms such as Waltz, Foxtrot and Quickstep to modern contemporary beats and great Latin rhythms. Each style has 3 Variations, fully orchestrated Intros and Endings and Fill In patterns.

Built in Performance Recorder with Disk Drive
The built-in disk drive can be used to load and save musical data including registrations, rhythm styles and songs. The new Auto Save facility eliminates many of the problems people have previously encountered when using disks.
The performance recording side of the disk drive is for recording and playback of your own performances.
Once again the emphasis is on ease of use with a minimal amount of button pushing required to both record and save to disk.

Specification

Keyboards CK300	120 basses – 87 chromatic keys
Polyphony	84 Notes
Upper Flutes	9 Drawbar Flutes, 4 Organ Presets + 4 User Presets, Attack, Sustain, Motion Effect Slow/Fast, Percussion: 5 1/3′, 4′, 2 2/3′, 3 Click type, Overdrive, Vibrato

Lower Flutes	5 Drawbar Flutes, 4 Organ Presets + 4 User Presets, Sustain
Upper Orchestra 1	22 Sounds + 22 User Sounds, 292 Internal Sounds, Chorus, Sustain, Octave, User, Volume
Upper Orchestra 2	18 Sounds + 22 User Sounds, 292 Internal sounds, Portamento, Poly/Mono, Octave, User, Volume

Special	14 Sounds + 14 User Sounds, 292 Internal Sounds, Chorus, Sustain, Octave, User, Volume
Lower Orchestra	22 Sounds + 22 User Sounds, 292 Internal Sounds, Chorus, Sustain, Octave, User, Volume
BASS	8 sounds + 8 User Sounds, 292 Internal Sounds Sustain, Octave, User, Volume

Rhythm Section	90 Styles with 3 Variations (5 parts arrangements), 16 User Styles, MFC/OFC, Auto Bass, Auto Chord, Memory, Split, Intro/Ending, Fade, Fill 1/2, Auto Start, Start/Stop, Drum Volume, Acc. 1, 2, 3 Volumes
S.M.F.	Disk Record, Play/Stop, Record, Pause, Melody On/Off, Scroll Up/Down, Rew./FF, Volume
Auto Set-Up	90 Style Settings

Overall Presets	16 User Programs
Programmable Styles	16 Programmable Styles
Effects	Reverb: 12 Types – Chorus: 8 Types – Enhancer: 5 types

Controls	Master Volume, Lower Volume On/Off, OMC, Set Button
Tuning	Transpose, Pitch
Dynamic	On/Off, 5 selectable Curves

Wheels	Pitch, Modulation
Midi	32 Midi Channels, Control Change On/Off, Program Change On/Off, Local Control On/Off, Int./Ext. Clock, Midi In (2)/Out/Thru
Pedal	Master Volume and Programmable Pedals

Sockets	L/R Outputs, L/R Inputs
Headphone	Headphone Socket
Power	2 x 15 Watts

Size	(WxDxH) 115cm x 42cm x 19cm
Weight	PK400 – 34 Kg”

And for those of us who prefer the keys:

Visit Orla and get one and send us a track you made with it!

Mattel Optigan – 70’s tech personified!

The legendary ‘Mellotron for kids’ record playing ‘OPTIcal orGAN’ that only the 1970’s could create.  This console is AWESOME.  This particular unit is Pick Up Only in Kentucky, USA for $200.00!!!  That is NOTHINNNNGGG!! AWWW I WANT IT!!  Auction via this link.

Hey, if you pick it up (or already own an Optigan), why not grab these while you’re at it:

Singing Rhythm

link for pic is DONE BROKE

Polynesian

Romantic Strings

Country star Glen Cambpell BEFORE listening to the Optigan…

and AFTER!

Not everyone is strong enough.  ARE YOU???

Kustom Kombo II

Auction via this link

This would look real nice on stage with a Kustom amp, no doubt but how does it sound?

From Combo-Organ.Com

“It has drawbars on both keyboards and an RMI type piano and harpsichord on the top keyboard. It has built in Leslie jacks for both a 142 and 147 type leslie amps. It has a slow, fast ,and off switch built in the organ. Through a leslie it sounds amazing. It doesn’t have the “pop” of a Hammond but has a great tone. It’s a litle cheezy through an amp but that makes it even better.”

1979 Hammond Aurora w/ Leslie System

auction via this link

I want it!

Hammond B-3 CHOPPED!!

Auction via this link

CHAMBERLIN MUSIC MASTER 600 from Neve

GREAT GRAVY!!

“More rare that a Mellotron, original tapes (which are very rare) — it sounds amazing. And as you can see, the condition is amazing. I’ve been getting asked quite a bit of questions so I want to add this: Yes, it works and it has been regularly maintained. As you can see, it’s in very good condition. Not only outside, but inside as well. I will take more pictures and post them. However, I would recommend getting it serviced. When you push a button for a preset, sometime it doesn’t go to the preset, sometimes it does. I heard this was an easy adjustment. I was using this in a recording studio, so the amplifier was bypassed and it went in directly into a DI box, which is the best, cleanest sound. I have played the new mellotrons and I have to say, this thing has so much more soul. The beauty and the spirit is in the slight imperfections of the machine. The thick sounds can not be matched. It’s located in Hollywood, CA. Local pickup is preferred. Got this text off the internet: This is the model that inspired the Mellotron Mark I. Bill Franson took two of these to England looking for a company to manufacture them and found Bradmatic, Ltd. (later Streetly). Look closely at these photos . The resemblence is profound. Two 35 note keyboards, a drum based station shuttling mechanism, push button operated station selectors, a single capstain and flywheel for driving the tapes – these and more were all present in the 600. _____ I’ve been asked to take hi-res photos and have just posted them. Many have asked what sounds it comes with and this is the email I send out: it comes with 18 sounds of lead, violins, flutes, guitar, voices, piano, cellos.. comes with many (too many to mention) sound effects, hard to describe what they are, but imagine an old movie score, very nostalgic, hand claps, scare shrieks, orchestral swirls, etc… It comes with 18 rythms. Mostly big band, swinging, salsa, bossanova, waltz, etc…”

Oh, hell yeah!  I’m gonna bid right now, let’s see the pri YI YI!!!

14,500.00 at this auction

well, it’s so rare, I guess I understand.  Tons more pix at the link.

ORGAN BENDING

TASTE THE NIGHTMARE!!!

No sound, looks like a terrifying mess.