HAMMOND ORGAN M102 - Keyboards and Pianos

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HAMMOND ORGAN M102

This organ was purchased new, and has not moved from the church since, it was in good working order when it was last played, that was over six years ago. As can be seen it is in good condition. Collection only from Newbury area, cash on collection preferred, once you have tried and tested the organ. (I am selling on their behalf & have no idea how to test it, but have no reason to believe it will not work as it should)

From “Nostalgia” site. (Relisted due to Time waster never arriving ) I hope to get to the Hammond this week & power it up as instructed by “keyclicker”

Think of Hammond tonewheel organs and I’ll bet that your first thought is almost certainly going to be of the company’s mighty B3 or C3.However, there was more to Hammond’s range of products than just these two venerable instruments that included the A-, L-, M- and T-series to name just a few.And whilst the M-series of organs is not a range from Hammond’s history that immediately springs to mind, you will almost certainly have heard one.Despite claims that it was a C3, it was, in fact, an M100 that was used on Procul Harum’s massive hits “Whiter Shade Of Pale” and “Conquistador”. An M-series organ is also rumoured to have been used on the classic “Green Onions” by Booker T and MGs.Other well known M-series players include Rick Wright of Pink Floyd, John Paul Jones from Led Zep, Jon Lord from Deep Purple and Francis Monkman of Curved Air as well as many others.The M-series took the tonewheel technology of the bulkier previous models, refined it and scaled it down in 1960 to make smaller ‘spinet’ models that were more appropriate for the growing ‘home market’. There were various models in the range that had different cabinets – for example, the M100 had ornate, carved legs that were appropriate for the home and church market whilst the M102 (shown above) had a more spartan cabinet that was better suited to gigging. All had the same basic specifications, however: 2 x 44-note keyboards and a 13-note pedalboard, two sets of drawbars (one for each keyboard), six presets and ‘touch percussion’ effects (available on tabs above the upper keyboard manual), split vibrato, vibrato chorus, built-in spring reverb and speakers and a swell (volume) pedal.As was typical with Hammonds then (and now), the sound was (is) best heard fed through a Leslie rotary speaker although the M-Series’ internal speakers certainly made it more self-contained and suitable for home and church use (and some jazz and rock musicians did use the internal speakers for recordings and live use). It was possible to order the M102 with a split cabinet where the upper keyboard section could be separated from the lower speaker/pedal section to make transportation easier – a far cry from the hernia-inducing B/C3! But the underlying tonewheel sound generating technology in the M-series was essentially the same as its predecessors.

Category: Musical Instruments:Keyboards and Pianos:Organs
Location: Newbury