[HAM] Spinet Rescue !

[Michael Downes]

I'm proud of my M101! Anyone who says spinets are crap don't know what their talking about. I keep mine in tip top shape, and any speaker-thirsty guitarist or Hammond chopper with a saw who came near it would walk away not being able to play even the triangle. 

David Damroze <damroze at excite.com> wrote:  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 )

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