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  1. I just got a free Hammond H-324 (of the H-series organ). I have a Hammond B-3 and just wanted to try the H series organ. I found it is really time consuming to fix. I got it working, after taking out a million screws to break it down (I only put l/4 of the screws back). I also found numerous electrolytic caps are bad. These are the expensive multi-cap can capacitors, of about $80 each. Another restriction is that service manuals that are on line are sketch and not readily legible. The manual are piece meal and a complete manual does not appear to be available. I have spent 3-days 12-hour per day replacing all of the broken keys, including preset keys that, using recycled music keys, I actually painted to get the opposite color. I also spray cleaned the drawbars. After all the work and putting everything together I found that 1-drawbar is not working and I broke another key ( recycled keys were used to replace the 1st batch of broken keys). At this point, if I choose to break the organ down again I will have replaced nearly all of the original music keys and preset keys. The reverb tube is bad and it cost about $80 by itself - I have yet to buy the tube. I do like the idea of the organ features, the integral rhythm machine is very convenient and helps timing of my playing. So I like the unit and sound is fine. But to make it right, I need to invest at least a few hundred in cash to replace caps and tubes. Is it worth it? I can take it to the dump for $60.
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