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Lot 153†,TP

Gary Moore: A Hammond C3 organ,
circa 1965/66,

28 June 2017, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £6,250 inc. premium

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Gary Moore: A Hammond C3 organ,

circa 1965/66,
serial no. 92289, with Leslie 122 cabinet, bass pedals, Hammond bench, Leslie combo pedal and cables, with spare JBL speaker drivers, housed in three flight cases

Footnotes

Originally bought for the 1990 'Still Got The Blues' tour and featured on nearly every tour Gary undertook subsequently. It has been played by Don Airey, Tommy Eyre and Vic Martin and has been documented on the following VHS or DVD releases:
An Evening Of The Blues, VHS, 1990, Live in London
Blues For Greeny, VHS, 1995, Live at Sheperds Bush Empire
Live Blues, 1993, Live in London
Live At Montreux, 1995, 1999 and 2001
And the CD releases:
After Hours, 1992
Blues Alive, 1993
BBM, Around The Next Dream, 1994
Blues For Greeny, 1995
Back To The Blues, 2001
Old New Ballads And Blues, 2006
Close As You Get, 2007
Bad For You Baby, 2009
Live At Bush Hall, 2007, released 2014, and countless tours across Europe since 1990.

The organ has had EP6 connectors fitted, replacing the old-style 11 pin connectors, which were not made for touring. 2 x EP6 cables are in the set up, allowing for a spare cable, or one long cable, to enable the Leslie cabinet be played in a quieter corner of a stage, or even a side room, if needed. The Leslie cabinet has had the reverb unit removed, adapted to EP6 connectors, upgraded to EL34 output valves (achieving an additional 3 to 4 watts of output) and the valve relay replaced with a solid stage unit. The original speakers have been replaced with a 15inch JBL speaker and horn unit. 2 x spare horn diaphragms are included. The conversion was undertaken by Bill Dunne of W. Dunne & Co., a company based in Islington (London) that had been servicing and repairing keyboard instruments for more than 30 years. Also included is a Bill Dunne combo pedal/preamp, which connects to and controls the Leslie speaker, so that any instrument - guitar, electric piano, synthesiser or even a vocal - can be played through the revolving speaker. The organ unit has had the original 2 pin mains replaced with the safer 3 pin version and a 1/4 inch jack socket fitted, so the organ sound can be recorded directly from the organ, without the need for a Leslie cabinet.

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