Re: M-3 Value

["Todd A. Phipps" <b3nut@madison.tdsnet.com>]

>OK folks, I've got a line on an M-3, about a 1959-1960 model. This organ is
>in very good shape but doesn't have a back! What kind of back did they have
>on them, wood, thin fiberboard or what?

I've never seen an M3 with a back.  Backs were optional equipment on 
spinets, though later M-100 and L-100 series organs had a fiberboard back 
(mid-60's).  My M-100 that I used to have (my first Hammond) never had a 
back.  It did have a fiberboard cover over the tone generator, though.

> Any opinions on the value of this
>instrument?

$150 - $250 seems to be the going rate in most classified ads and 
according to folks on this list, maybe $300 if it's absolutely spotless 
with bench and all original books.  I would offer $250 max for it. 

>Thanks in advance,
>Dr. Paul

TP


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