Portable Console Organs

"Portable" is a broad term when it comes to organs. What one person thinks of as being "portable" and easy to move, another might think otherwise. When we think of complete, console-like organs perhaps a better term would be transportable. Hammond Central has moved a Portable New B-3 and Leslie 3300 in the back of a Toyota Highlander on numerous occasions but we didn't just put the PB-3 under one arm and move it singlehanded! It is a two person proposition. Regardless the term used to describe these instruments, the following products can be moved without special dollies because they can be separated into their individual, modular components for easier transport or storage.

The NEW Hammond Porta-B Organ

The New Hammond "Porta-B" Organ offers great opportunities to the church musician as well as the stage musician. Based on the proven Hammond A-162/B-162 organs, the Hammond "Porta-B" provides a very high level of durability and performance. While not shown in the pre-production photos, the Porta-B is designed from the ground up to be a complete console organ with 25-note pedals and bench yet provides the traveling musician the option of purchasing only the organ and stand, without the pedals and bench. Learn more...

Hammond Portable New B-3

The easily transported Hammond Portable New B-3 is what so many technicians tried to accomplish with various version of the customized "chopped B-3" only more so. It is so often used as a semi-permanent console organ that we include it here as well as on the "Console Organs" page. While nearly identical to the standard New B-3/C-3 internally, the overall construction of this instrument is built to withstand heavy professional or institutional use yet its layout is, from the player's perspective, identical to that of the vintage B-3 or C-3. Learn more...

Hammond A-3 Heritage Organ System

Shown here without the optional, matching 25-note bass pedals, the Hammond A-3 Heritage Organ System gets its name from Laurens Hammond's very first organ, the Hammond Model A because dimensionally, the A-3 Heritage and the vintage Model A are essentially the same size. The A-3 Heritage offers churches and institutions the look and feel of the Hammond B-3 with a level of portability, should the need arise to move the instrument. The A-3 Heritage is becoming quite popular with smaller churches. Learn more...

Hammond XK-5 Pro System

The revolutionary Hammond XK-5 Pro System shown here without the optional, matching 25-note bass pedals is essentially the Hammond A-3 Organ System in a more portable configuration. Most importantly, the XK-5 Pro System is, for all intents and purposes, a very fine representation of the venerable Hammond B-3 organ in sound, feel, and soul...without the 450 pound weight. Learn more...

Viscount Legend and Legend Live

Available as the "Legend" organ with reverse black and white preset keys, the "Legend Live" without the presets, or as the single manual "Legend Solo," these Italian made Viscount organs offer a console organ layout that will be familiar to players together with a sound, portability, and price that is difficult to beat! Learn more...

Viscount Legend Soul 273 and Soul 261

The newly released Legend Soul 273 organ, developed in collaboration with the late Joey DeFrancesco, excels in its ability to reproduce the iconic 9 mechanical key contacts digitally. Its innovative technology, combined with improved keyclick simulation, give the Legend Soul 273 a unique richness harmonically and state of the art realism. Learn more...