knight_six

Hi. All musicians have their own experiences with various insturments, and "purists" will always lay out the worse aspects of any insturment (been there and done that myself on occason). I truly believe in the philosophy of "lesser and greater in all things." The H-100 you speak of, if it is fully functional, will add to your keyboard experiences. If you can negotiate the $250 down, all the better. I have found junkers in every insturment venue I've ever played in, and can make the same sort of statements as found from other writers here. But...there's a pony under every pile of dung, so don't be too hasty to walk away from the deal you've found. BTW, I've been a professional musician for +53 years, teach classic and electric guitar, acoustic and digital piano, and own/play a pristine 1959 Hammond C-3 with original JR20 speaker + a Leslie 3300 tied into the system with Trek reverb added. I was able to find a gentleman who had worked for the original Hammond Factory and for $100 each obtained copies of the owners manual and service manual. I can now do all of my own work on the Hammond. And yes, you can tie any number of Leslies into the H-100 including a reverb system (if it doesn't have one). Depending on the Leslie model you purchase, you may need a pre-amp, but you can run that one to ground after you have the organ. My advice? If it's fully functional, buy it. Learn to live with its ups and downs while you add to your keyboard experience.