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quadibloc

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  1. I know this is a really old thread, but it came up when I Googled for information about the Hammond H-100. Since a Hammond B-3 or the like is in the neighborhood of $3000 these days, it would seem that a Hammond H-100, as it is a real tonewheel organ, would be a bargain even if you had to pay $100 for it, and maybe even $250. Of course, there is an excellent computer simulation of a good Hammond tonewheel organ (it even has a testimonial from Lonnie Smith, and they don't get any better than that) now available for an introductory price of $200, and you can also get MIDI keyboards cheaply. (Of course, I was referring to IK Multimedia's B-3X, which has been discussed elsewhere in these forums.) Early production models of the H-100 had a real vibrato; someone technically and electronically inclined might be able to replace the phase-shift vibrato of most H-100s. That it uses transistor amplification instead of tube amplication is something I'd tend to see as a plus - longer life, longer reliability, with minimal, if any, effect on the sound quality. With only a limited number of Hammond tonewheel organs in existence, I would think that even the humble H-100 should be conserved, not hauled away to the scrapyard. And, it may also be noted, that at least one noted recording artist used it on his albums: Klaus Wunderlich. All right, his music is in a different genre than that of Jimmy Smith, but I'd say that's still evidence that an H-100 is a musical instrument, not a piece of junk.
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