Piano

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it's not a piano, it looks like an old hammond organ with inverted keys down the keyboard...

Thu 05-12-2005

Yeah Bassman, I don't know if its a Hammond or not, but it definitely is a dual keyboard organ, and not a piano. A piano would only have a single keyboard.

G.Dammann

Mon 07-04-2005

Check out those switches at the top of the console, it's an electric organ, big in the 60's and 70's. I think the inverted keys are bass keys. Some deluxe upright organs had a couple dozen bass pedals for the professional musician.

yaggy

Wed 07-06-2005

one note short of an octave.
weird.
unless if its just the angle

p0lyamor0us

Sat 07-16-2005

This is indeed a Hammond Organ, probably a model B3 or C3. They are used in a great many churches. The reverse color keys in the foreground were used to select certain preset sounds, or to activate the drawbars across the top keyboard.

mamils

Tue 07-26-2005

The music is probably blow the man down or some kind of sea shanty. Or its an add for Captain Black pipe tobacco.

tickyv

Tue 10-11-2005

I think Mamils is right, those aren't switches on the top, they're drawbars which are typical of a Hammond.

Jon Hiller

Mon 11-21-2005

This looks just like the organ that we at our church.

Tobie

Sat 02-25-2006

love that the sheet music is still on top of it, ready for someone to play it again

Joe

Fri 05-05-2006

So why leave something like this behind to fall apart?

Nancy

Thu 06-08-2006

"that's no Piano... that's an HAMMOND ORGAN!"

(okay, so you have to say that with an ObiWan voice for it work).

Felyne

Tue 10-24-2006

thats not a piano.
thats a hammond organ.
why do people say things that isnt true?

kelly

Sun 01-21-2007

I kinda think it looks like some kind of cool light fixture.

blipblop

Thu 07-05-2007

it looks like theres a music book thats still there

trevor (you know who)

Wed 09-12-2007

Looks like a Hammond C3 organ to me.....I wonder if there was a Leslie speaker kicking around near it?

AGC

Tue 01-15-2008

I don't play piano or the organ, but this makes me wish that I could.

Jeanette

Tue 02-05-2008

There always seems to be a piano or organ left behind in these places. The abandoned houses I used to visit were the same way!

Amazed

Sat 02-23-2008

It would seem to me that these are high dollar item....pianos and organs.....yet they seem to be constantly left behind like you said...why leave something behind that's worth a good deal of money.

LiSwimPro35

Fri 03-07-2008

These organs are very vauable and rare. This organ would fetch around $5,000 to $8,000 in good condition!

Mr Marks

Sun 04-13-2008

Was the organ water damaged? I am tempted to ask the loacation of it so I can salvage it.

Mr Marks

Sun 04-13-2008

'Music For The Recently Deceased'
- I Killed The Prom Queen.

MattyMontego

Tue 06-03-2008

The reason these are left behind I believe is because they weigh a TON and trying to find someone to move them is a bitch. They cost a lot to buy but try and sell one. I had a 1910 Francis Bacon upright grand player piano that was in fantastic shape and everyone loved. But it weighed 1,000 pounds. I could not sell it or get someone to move it. One guy offered to charge me only $50 and he would "take it away". I ended up leaving it when I moved which broke my heart because it was a beautiful instrument. My father had several of these organs in his life and he always had the same problem. He paid a lot out for them, but then got stuck in the end.

eldokid@aol.com

Fri 07-11-2008

beautiful picture, i wish there were places like this around where i live, i love exploring and taking pictures.

did it work, motts?

That's a Hammond Model D organ, from around 1939. This particular model has two tone generators, and produces a very rich chorused sound. The drawbar that is to the right of the sheet music holder activates the second generator. It is a shame that such an organ was left behind, but it is one of the heaviest organs Hammond ever produced.

Alex K.

Mon 02-28-2011

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