Original Hammond Factory Videos.

[dante]

This is a rare Hammond Factory Video promotion showing how the most amazing keyboard organs were manufactured. If these guys only knew what's going on today!!!

LOL ! Old stuff but good !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 0KYaH7i3nU

Tone wheels cut to accuracy of 1000th of an inch and wax sealed transformers !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... iPsma3xcTw

All of em played in a soundproof room for QA.

[Mr Arkadin]

Tone wheels cut to accuracy of 1000th of an inch and wax sealed transformers !

And then people kickcked them on stage and stabbed them with knives!

[dawman]

Yes but that would put them back in tune.

My group played a massive bridge sized Riverboat for a few years as a house group that actually provided a Hammond B3 and ugly ass White 147 Walnut Leslie.
We would play while coasting down the Mississippi then after so many hours the huge vessel would kick on the PaddleWheels and reverse generators for the cruise against the current.
The beastly Hammond would lose 1/4 of a tone during the process and the band was forced to take a break and retune the Guitars and 7 piece Horn Section.
They like the sound enough to take a tuning break, while whining as I held the notes for various instruments and sections.

[Nestor]

Wonderful