Re: what is a hammond concord?

[perryh@firefox.co.uk (Perry Hemus)]

>Johnich@aol.com asks:
>
>> Hammond Concord theatre organ [snip] 17,000 new, asking $4,000=
 obo.
>> what's that?......
>
>The Concord was Hammond's first effort at a non-tonewheel console=
 drawbar
>organ (not counting the almost-non-tonewheel X-66).  It wasn't a=
 theater=20
>style organ.  (Hammond came out with the Regent with a horse-shoe=
 console=20
>and tabs with theater organ pipe voice names on them shortly after=
 the=20
>release of the Concord.)  I can't remember the exact price but it=
 was=20
>around $7K and came out in the mid-70's.  (The Regent was under=
 $5K.)
>
>The Concord was less reliable than their tonewheel organs.  Its=
 mushy sound
>didn't appeal to most B-3 enthusiasts nor would it withstand the=
 rigors of=20
>frequent moving.=20
>
>- David Altekruse, dna@netcom.com


I saw one of these advertised in Keyboard Review (UK) for =A3895=
 but it had
an 'e' on the end (Concorde)=20
.......same thing?

Perry