All available information must be taken as a whole, and, combined with some general tips and observations provided below, a narrow range of probable production years can be arrived at which in many cases will be accurate enough for most people's desires. Additionally, some organs have been pieced together in order to get one working unit out of many this will produce inconsistent and unlikely date code ranges. Even the above is fraught with some risk, as replacement parts used for repair or modification will occasionally skew the overall picture. In general, tubes appear to have had the shortest stock life and speakers the longest. However, by examining those components as a group one can determine that the instrument was produced no earlier than the latest date indicated by its component parts. Due to Hammond and Leslie purchasing components in large quantities, using these codes as definitive signposts will not produce an accurate 'born on' date.
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