Hammond B3 Organ Restoration Manual

Wayne Prue's slides

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Our Beloved Hammond Nearing Extinction

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Hammond b3 tone wheel organs, (especially A/B/C series) are
getting more scarce. Many have already been taken to other countries,
or chopped. Others have simply been destroyed from abuse, reducing
the number of original condition Hammonds available. Unfortunately,
it is only a matter of time before there are no more to be found in
salvageable condition. The ebb and flow of my website is indicating
that possibly this time has arrived. I'm not trying to be an alarmist
but one thing is for sure, there won't be more in time, only less
because the vintage "tone wheel" Hammonds will never be
made again. No one, not even Hammond, has come up with an
organ equal to the original tone wheel masterpiece.

Wayne Prue
Website: http://www.b3sforsale.com
Blog: http://hammond-b3-manual.blogspot.com/
The B3 Manual: http://www.b3sforsale.com/The_manual.html

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If you hit my website you'll hear some of it as you enter.

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The Hammond Organ Vibrato Scanner

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This is a fun way to view the rebuilding of the vibrato scanner inside the Hammond Organ. There is also a still photo collection on my website b3sforsale.com/scanner.html Hope you find this entertaining as well as educational. Thanks, Wayne Prue

"Keeping the flame alive"

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The manual is 8 1/2" X 11" and has laminated covers, 164 pages with over 400 highest quality, full color pictures printed on "70lb text" pure white paper and has a metal coil binding. The reason for such high quality color pictures is due to the use of colored indicating arrows for identification of parts and Hammond's color coded wires. This is a very simple and comprehensive manual and takes you through every step with text and pictures. You don't have to be a technician or have had any previous experience working with Hammond organs to follow this manual. You may need to contact a technician at some point, depending on the condition of your organ but you will literally save thousands of dollars by doing this yourself. If you do need a technician to work on certain aspects that you cannot handle, at least the organ will be in an open state and there will be less time involved for the tech. Most musicians cannot afford to pay someone to completely overhaul their organ. The largest percentage of our customers have reached a level of success and can now fulfill there life long dream of owning a B3 in top condition. They don't buy them to take on the road. Working musicians, on the other hand, should know something about maintaining their own instrument even if they don't intend on doing a total re-build. Writing this manual was a labor of love and was a sincere effort to share the knowledge.
I hope it serves you well

About The Hammond B3 Manual

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While restoring this organ, I decided to document each step and write a how to manual. To date, no one has written a manual like this. If you wish to see and read more about the manual, the link that follows will take you to: "The Hammond B3 Disassembly & Restoration Manual for Non-technicians.

http://www.b3sforsale.com/The_manual.html

Hammond B3 Organ

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The Hammond B3 Manual For Non Technicians

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I've received so many requests for information on how to do certain jobs, that I decided to write a step by step, how to manual, for the Hammond B3. The index (shown on the page) covers the general topics with many sub-topics not listed. Click on the picture to the left to enlarge it and have a look.