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Offline RMS2003

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Building a leslie
« on: August 16, 2004, 05:33:13 PM »
I was just curious how complicated it is to build a leslie and how much the cost would be. I know alot of the parts on leslie's are from back in the day and I'm not sure how they make them now.
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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2004, 03:07:54 AM »
You can buy one cheaper fom the net or local ads
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I hope this helps.
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2004, 09:55:53 AM »
After so many years of never being reconditioned, our Leslie suffered severe debree build-up that led to damaged parts.  I asked to get it repaired so we could have a cleaner and smoother sound during services.  I got one of the most knowledgeable organ technicians to come out to our church and do the work we needed for the lowest price.  
All included was overall cleaning, two 6550 tubes ($80), 1 6xy tube ($25), relay ($95), and a driver ($70).  This and the labor included totaled less than the original amount since our church had a certain budget.  We got the leslie alone fixed for $240.00.  Including the entire organ repair, we payed $400.00.  Not too bad.  :)
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Building a leslie
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2004, 03:55:29 PM »
It isn't hard building a leslie. Its just finding some to cut the vents in the wood. I have 2 leslie that I need vents cut for it. I have talked to many wood shops and they say they don't have the tool to cut the wood for the smooth vents. But there is a guy in Orlando Fl, named Jim Huss that makes his on leslie and organ cabinets. You can check his site out at www.b3world.com. He has a lot of customized organs and leslies. As far as parts for the leslie, you can still get the motors. You just have check around like ads or word of mouth.

I know word of mouth have worked for me. Me and my pops have accumlated a lot of organs. We have so many organs and leslies at the house in the garage that we can't even park cars in there. Believe or not churches between Georgia and South Carolina have been getting rid of them because they don't have a musican to play them. They are all moving towards keyboard. Our most recent organ was C-2. The church was getting ready to take it to the dump. We went and picked it up and brought it home. The only thing wrong with it was it had a broken key. We have plenty keys to fix. So Just check around the local area. I am sure you find something. And also there is another organ we are going to pick up from church and it is a A-100 and it has a 122 with it. They just want to get rid of it. It has been sitting for years. We are going to get and strip all the parts out and put it into a B-3 Cabinet.

so just check around
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Building a leslie
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2004, 09:18:27 PM »
Do you know any website, where I can get an inexpensive B-3 organ
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« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2004, 03:55:21 PM »
What about the Motion Sound Pro-145. Is that any good? Its a little more modern and something I could use.
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