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Organs, at least in our area are a dime a dozen as they say. Not as popular as they once were. There are a lot of used ones for sale and the encores can be from $50.00 to $200.00 asking prices. You find them in resale stores and estate sales here in AZ.
Your selling price will be what someone is willing to pay. You might want to contact some churches in your area and see if they have any members that may be interested. Or put it on consignment at a resale store and see what happens.
My parents live in a 55+ community and the number of people who have tried to donate organs to the community is ridiculous. I honestly don't know if there is a market for these things anymore but who knows...stranger things than this have made a comeback!
My folks had a Hammond organ with two layers of keys and a Leslie speaker built in. Built in rhythms, instruments with lots of buttons. It worked and I ended up giving it away and I still had a hard time getting it to move. They are not popular anymore.
I had a Hammond B100 that, overall, was in good condition but needed a bit of repair for a broken clip on the pedalboard and some noise in a couple controls. When I looked up the price for repairs and the resale value, I found a kid in Pennsylvania who loved this particular model and told him if he came and hauled it away, he could have it for free. He sent me a picture of it in his house, playing it. He seemed super appreciative to have gotten it, knew all about it, where the screws were for tightening things down for transport, etc. It has a nice home. (Not mine but identical to it)
It's darn near impossible to get more than $200 for a piano that's not Steinway, Yamaha, or Mason & Hamlin (leaving out things like Bosendorfer or Bechstein which don't even come on the open market). The market for electric organs is even smaller than that for pianos, unless it's a Hammond B3 with original Leslie speaker.
I'd try once to get $100 on Craigslist. If no takers (and there probably won't be)then offer it for free.
Beyond that all I know to do is Goodwill, but I bet they won't take it.
I have an old electric organ to sell and can't find pricing anywhere. what would you suggest?
It is a Baldwin encore from the early 70's in good working condition.
I had a look on Ebay and prices seem to range from $300- $4000 for similar but not the same organ.
We sell real estate and were once tasked with getting rid of a baby grand, we could hardly give that thing away but finally managed to unload it.
I would like to get some money for this one but have no idea what it is worth.
Any ideas?
Nice looking piece Tod but you will find out real fast that no one is into such a device anymore, i had something similar Hammond product a few years ago and had a heck of a time getting rid of it even when i brought the price down to free. Seems portable keyboards are now more in favor with the music crowd .
The only organs that anyone would be interested in would be tube-powered, tonewheel Hammonds (like a B3), or maybe a Farfisa or Vox if they're going for that '60's "garage band" sound.
If your Baldwin has some kind of on-board "Leslie", with a rotating baffle, you might want to scavenge those pieces, which could be mounted in a cabinet and used with an electric guitar.
My folks had a Hammond organ with two layers of keys and a Leslie speaker built in. Built in rhythms, instruments with lots of buttons. It worked and I ended up giving it away and I still had a hard time getting it to move. They are not popular anymore.
That Leslie rotating speaker might be worth a couple of bucks to the guitar guys.
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