Hammond Chord Organ Model S6. 76119 You are viewing a Pre-Owned Hammond Chord Organ Model S6. Hammonds' serial numbers are not sequential from one production lot to the next, which can make it difficult to determine the date of manufacture of a Hammond organ. Not all Hammonds used tonewheels and drawbars; the Hammond company produced a number of cheaper organs which used a simpler electronic way of producing sound, such as the model.

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Laurens Hammond at the Model A

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Here is an interesting Hammond....An Aeolean/Hammond Player Organ.

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Bathing Beauty, 1944, Red Skelton , Esther Williams , and Ethel Smith . Ethel plays the Hammond a couple of times in this one. Including Tico Tico.

The Hammond Colonnade

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Ed Wood, 1994 Starring: Johnny Depp. A party scene features Korla Pandit, of all people, playing the Hammond, just like he did on TV in the fifties, when the film was set.

Here is a Hammond Wall Clock from days of old.
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The KRLD Radio, Dallas, Texas Studio Hammond 1939 model Hammond A/V. It was the studio organ for KRLD radio in Dallas Tx. In the 40s. Really growls. By the way, serial number on my A/V is 985. Data plate also mentions manufactured by the Hammond Clock Co for experimental purposes only. -HAMMONDEGG@aol.com Organ

Pages from the Past

Hammond Organ Serial Number Location

Some pages scanned from an old Hammond Organ Catalog.'>Pages scanned by and courtesy of Dave Bradley

The Cover
About Hammond
Hammond- The Standard of Comparison
Drawbar and Tonewheel System
Other Reasons to buy a Hammond
The L-100 Series
Other L Models
The M-100 Series
Other M Models
The A-100 Series
Other A Models
A C-3 to Lust After
A B-3 to Lust After
D-100 and RT-3
Tone Cabinets and Reverb
The Hammond Chord Organ S-100
Decorating Tips
Hammonds are Everywhere
The Hammond Grand 100
Music's Most Glorious Voice

Vintage Organs:

O.B. Graham's Hammond BC Tampa , Fl USA (htm file, 3 pix)
Concorde : (50k)
X66 : (661k)
X77 : (704k)
A model : (b&w) : (167k)
RT-3 : (b&w) : (260k)
B-3 : (b&w) : (137k)
Porta-B : (corrupted) : (455k)
B-3 keys a two octave closeup : (253k)
Pat Hammond's (not related to Hammond Organs) 1968 E-100

Jan Bietzig of Essen Germany sent these pictures of his Hammonds:

Jan's C3

Jan's M100

Then, these shots are by John Ledwon of an A and a BC console-notice the lone white drawbar on the far right side above the stop/run switches. This controlled mixing of the two tone generators.

Photos of a friends A model Hammond.

This Hammond has a serial number of something in the 800s so it is among the first thousand Hammonds ever produced.

A Console, front view Pretty much normal view for an older Hammond. Tags on presets look to be original. Segmented music rack is somewhat more visible in this picture : (46k)
A Console Internals rear view showing very little space behind main tone generator and case end. Note color coded wires to preset panel. All Hammonds had SETTABLE presets. Most people don't know that they can change them with just a screw driver. : (76k)
A Console, side view note the shortened depth of case, music rack is segmented also : (37k)
Now for MY model B
BC Console, front/side angle one of two side views, nothing terribly unusual on either picture. You can see the chorus generator white drawbar in the upper right hand area of the console. The white Leslie controlers were bought when the console was finished in a lighter color. : (48K)
BC Console, another side angle same thing just more background. Behind the black glass (the glass extends around 2 1/2 sides of the room) reside 60 neon beer signs!: (35k)
BC Internals a view showing the chorus generator immediately at the rear of the case. You can just barely see the terminals of the main generator above the chorus generator. The unit at the top of the case is a Hammond spring reverb unit...no longer needed as the room it plays into is extremely live acoustically. Again a good view of the color coded wires for setting the presents. : (72k)

More Pictures -- some bum playing a Hammond CV:

pkinsman@ozfm.com sent this one of his RT-2 This RT-2 started life in a radio station in 1953 and came to him in the 1990's. Came complete with a VT122.

Here are some pictures of Mike Sweeney's Hammond F-100. He received it in 1966 but it had been in a chapel for some time. This is all that is known about it .

Front of the Hammond F-100
BackFront of the Hammond F-100
Name Plate of the Hammond F-100

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