[HAM] Spinet Rescue !

[David Damroze]

  My first 3 ( working ) Hammonds were spinets .
  It saddens me to see them chopped , trashed , parted out , whatever.
  They appear on Craigslist for cheap or free all the time.
   Why couldn't  a local group agree to sponsor a dozen or so spinets in 
their area.
  Pick-em up , get em working reasonably well , and place them in a 
school
music dept , senior center or other such place.
  Every six months or so , a volunteer does a route and oils them and 
checks general working
condition. a notice is on every instrument with contact info for the 
local chapter including info
on lessons , techs , gigging musicians whatever.
  Relatively inexperienced people like myself can do the routine oiling 
and checkup.
  The veterans can follow up as necessary.
  The Hammonds are kept alive , commercial dealers may get inquiries 
from someone
interested in a console  , musicians get gigs and students , techs get 
advertising etc etc etc.
  Schoolkids and grannies get real honest-to-gosh Hammonds to fool with.
  And , hopefully , the advertising helps offset the economic incentive 
to butcher helpless
little spinets.


  David  D. ( People for the Ethical Treatment of Hammonds )