Have a used Hammond Organ or Leslie Speaker?
If you wish to sell or trade-in, let us know! We accept trade-ins and they could even be used as part of a down payment towards one of our fully restored Hammond's with Leslie's. Email any pictures to b3buyer@aol.com and include any of the following information:- Organ model type, if known
- Model of the speaker cabinet (this information can be found on the back of the cabinet)
- City and state (to help calculate shipping costs)
- Please note, trade-ins are not limited to only organs and speakers. If you are looking to part with an item of value, let us know. We have accepted grand pianos, keyboards, a motorcycle and even a car! Let's be creative together and make deal.
*If you call before sending pictures, you will be asked to send them afterword. Save a step and send them before*
All our organs are restored by:
- Cleaning/oiling of organ cabinet interior.
- Servicing and oiling the tone generator, start motor, and run motor.
- Evaluation of tone generator capacitors and replacement if needed.
- Installation of improved generator filtering (as per Technical Bulletin dated 1/8/1965.)
- Rebuild of vibrato line box.
- Replacement of start switch.
- Cleaning/lubrication of foot-pedal assembly and replacement of felt strips.
- Upgrade to fused, 3-prong power input jack and grounding of components.
- Replacement of internal power wiring.
- Removal of internal foam from upper and lower manuals manufactured 1964-1975.
- Bus rod cleaning/lubrication of both upper and lower manuals as required.
- Bus rod shift of pedal assembly.
- Service and regulation of bass pedal clavier.
- Rebuild of vibrato scanner.
- Replacement of keycombs if needed.
- Cleaning of all keys and drawbars.
- Replacement of up-stop and down-stop felts in upper and lower manuals.
- Cleaning/lubrication of all preset key mechanisms.
- Cleaning/lubrication of vibrato/chorus selector mechanism.
- Reinforcement of all drawbar wires.
- Cleaning of all drawbar contacts.
- Rebuild (or replacement) of original Leslie 8000 switching kit.
- Installation of Trek II OBL-2 direct output kit (standard on B2, C2, B3, C3, opt. on A100.)
- Replacement (or addition) of Leslie Half-moon switch.
- Rebuild of original Hammond tube preamplifier.
- Rebuild of original reverb and power amps in A-100 series organs.
- Cleaning of tube sockets and replacement of all vacuum tubes.
- leaning/lubrication of expression pedal and linkage.
- Fine adjustments made for tone, output, and percussion.
- Replacing lid-lock keys as necessary.
- Cleaning/polishing of organ cabinet, pedal clavier, and bench.
- 195 point inspection and testing of all keys and functions.
All our Leslie speakers are restored by:
- Cleaning/oiling of cabinet interior.
- Cleaning/servicing of upper horn rotor and spindle plate.
- Cleaning/servicing of lower rotor.
- Replacement of 15” woofer with new Jensen C15K.
- Re-coning of original Jensen V12 High-Frequency Driver.
- Rebuild of upper and lower dual-motor stacks (incl. new O-rings, A/C plugs, & felts)
- Replacement of upper and lower bearings of lower rotor.
- Replacement of idler arm bearing.
- Replacement of all rubber bushings.
- Replacement of upper and lower belts.
- Rebuild of crossover network for greater clarity & longevity.
- Rebuild of original Leslie tube power amplifier.
- Cleaning of tube sockets and replacement of all vacuum tubes.
- Cleaning/polishing of cabinet exterior.
- Matching of Leslie to organ with final tone adjustments made in both.
Optional modifications offered:
- Trek II silent relay w/3-position switching (Chorus/Stop/Tremolo.)
- Trek II solid state preamp with reverb and upgraded bass & treble tone controls.
- Trek II reverb unit (added to original tube preamp.)
- Trek II Percussion kit added to any pre-B3 organ.
- Trek II Effects loop added to either or both manuals.
- Trek II String Bass pedal unit with adjustable pluck and sustain levels.
- Transposer unit added to any organ.
- 220V A/C conversion kit added to any Hammond organ and Leslie.
- Leslie-style rotating effect added to any organ (incl. internal speakers of A-100).
- Main/Ensemble/Echo Half-Moon switch installation for multi-output configurations.
- Replace original Jensen V21 HF driver in Leslie with Atlas PD-5VH (for brighter tone.)