Re: X-66 tab keys

[Randy Guttery <comcents@cybertron.com>]

Steve Blair wrote:
> ...
> Randy:
> Try the Organ Service Company   708 352-8011 or at web site:
> http://206.26.97.48/mita/hammond
> I think I saw a discription of those tabs (with labels) at about $3.50 ea.
....
> On a similar note, I just played the first X-77 ever sold in the State of
> Montana back in about '68 (I know, BFD).  It was willed to a friend of mine,
> here in the Bay Area, by her mother.  It's been sitting idle in my friend's
> living room since it's delivery last fall because she didn't know how to hook
> it up.  The 9-pin cable had been snipped off at the Custom (and beautifully
> massive) Leslie cabinet.  I resoldered each wire (very carefully) and fired
> it up.  I started playing a few chords and pulling drawbars when I realized
> my friend was in tears.  She said the Hammond/Leslie sound brought back vivid
> memories of her mother at the organ.  None the less, she was happy that the
> organ was "alive" again as was, even more, the spirit of her mother.
> 
> Steve in Berkeley
 
Thanks, Steve - Appreciate the info on The Organ Service Co...  

Re: X-77  That is an awesome organ - and I'm more than mildly jealous of the 
Leslie (as Tom 
Tuson is quick to point out - Hammond went out of their way to make it near 
imposible to hook a 
leslie to the X-66 - though the triple scanner does a fair job - as they say - 
it ain't the 
_real_ thang!). Few things touch the soul deeper than music - and certain 
instruments can 
achieve that touch with an unmistakable identity - and as everyone here knows - 
the sound of 
drawbars is very unique. --- I know myself - a half dozen bars of Goovin' or 
Green Onions - and 
thirty years disappear!

Thanks again for your suggestion!
randy