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Hammond M-3 Organ Tone wheels 1955-1964 Probably about 100 000 139197 Full organ 44x9 9 Drawbars for upper keyboard, 8 drawbars for lower keyboard No presets or memory 2 x 44 keys and 12 bass pedals Organ Organ - rock, soul, gospel.... Use without Lesley Our M-3 is from 1959

BACKGROUND
1934 was the year when the Tone wheel Organ was patented of the clockmaker Laurens Hammond. April 15th 1935 there was a concert in the Radio Citys RCA building in New York City. Pietro A. Yon, organist of St. Patricks Cathedral, and Fritz Reiner, who later became conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra demonstrated the new instrument as well as George Gershwin. Gershwin felt in love with the new instrument and ordered one direct In June 1935

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ordered one direct. In June 1935 Model A started to manufacture. From serial number 2501 a deeper cabinet was used and got the model B3.

Lawrence Hammond and Donald Lesley

Born January 11th 1895 in Evanston, IL. His patent for the Hammond organ was granted on 24 April 1934. Feuded with Donald James Leslie over his invention of the Leslie speaker. Died July 3rd 1973 in Cornwall, CT

The Hammond organs was built for replace pipe organs, as a cost effective option. But the Hammond organs was soon engaged with Donald Lesley's rotating speaker (Lesley). Lawrence Hammond never liked the Lesleys speaker, not based on the "bad sound" of his tone cabinets, but because "I never intended for my organs to sound that way". At the other hand the fact is that Lawrence Hammond could not play keyboards and was also tone death - he was an not a musician, but an inventor (with 110 patents when he died). And, with very few exceptions, no organ player today will chose anything else than a Lesley speaker to run the Hammond organ thru.

DESCRIPTION
After searched for a good Hammond deal for many years we finally found a Hammond M-3 on a Flee Market for $100. The M-3 is an easy to use spinet version of the tone wheel Hammond . Simple controls with 9 draw bars for the upper manual, 1 for the pedals and 8 for the lower manual. The M-3 has no chorus sound. It has a swell pedal with a sustain shift for the bass notes (on the swell pedal). Built in 11 Watt amp driven by two 6V6 tubes and 12" field coil speaker. It has a 6 pin Leslie connector. It is like a B3 with less notes and no presets.

When it comes to organs its impossible to not compare with the B3: Lack of presets and 3 less groups of draw bars, hampers it somewhat in convenience, but on the plus side, it's smaller, lighter and cheaper to purchase while still attaining a B-3 "like" tone. Once familiar with it's layout it's a breeze to operate. Pull the draw bars, select Vibrato and Percussion type and go. It also lacking the foldback at the upper register. The action and waterfall keys are the same as at the consoles.

For a Hammond organ youll need a Lesley (rotating speaker). Common models are for instance Lesley 122 and Lesley 145.

SPECIFICATIONS SPINET MODEL M, M2 AND M3

Model M In Production

November 1948 November 1951

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In Production Selling Price (1970) Model M-2 In Production Selling Price (1970) Model M-3 In Production Selling Price (1970) Manuals Pedal Keyboard Tonal Controls

November 1948 - November 1951 $1,285 - Walnut

Same as M, but with one additional tilting tablet to provide Selective Vibrato November 1951 - January 1955 $1,350 - Walnut

Same as M-2 but with four additional tilting tablets for Percussion Control January 1955 - January 1964 $1,350 - Walnut , $1,440 - oak, Ebony, Blond, Modern Walnut and Provincial

Swell and Great. 44 playing keys each 12 notes, attached One set of 9 adjustable harmonic drawbars for upper manual One set of 8 adjustable harmonic drawbars for lower manual One adjustable drawbar for pedal Tilting tablet controlling Volume, Pedal attack and Decay and Vibrato section Expression Pedal One, controlling all divisions with Side control for pedal legato Dimensions 45-5/8" wide; 25-3/8" deep; 42" high AC Input AC 103 watts Output 11 Watts I.E.A. Weight 249 lbs

SERIALS AND MANUFACTURE YEARS OF HAMMOND M-3

Serial Manufacture NumberYear

48207 48812 49256 49280 49882 49982 52030 52672 52956 55436 55772 56106 56116 56487 58473 58687 64183 64186 65910 65916 66309 66530 67044 67905 68199 71571 73034 1955 1954 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1956 1955 1956 1956 1955 1957 1957 1958 1956 1954

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73034 73368 73630 76602 77685 77809 82810 85010 85385 85432 87185 87228 87299 87999 88790 88944 89163 90441 91421 94054 94465 96199 99683 100622 101383 102868 104066 104602 105141 105207 106618 106921 108750 110361 112288 113503 113530 113792 114911 117807 119554 120812 121116 123062 123232 123293 123883 124232 126309 127674 129827 130238 132761 132920 135528 136952 139443 140148 141493 142496 142798 144589 146363 147332 147493 147970 148268 151901 152076 152762 154704 156131 157249 157341

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HAMMOND M-3 MANUAL

Hammond Organs Pre 1970 Direct link to www.keyboardmuseum.com and their original "Hammond Organ Introductory Section Service Manual"

HAMMOND PARTS
Organ Service Co

HAMMOND DEKTOP
Hammond Desktop

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LINKS
Hammond Zone Harmony Central - Hammond M-3 Rumors, Myths and Facts about Leslie Speakers and Hammond Organs The Hammond Lesley FAQ

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