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Gospel Instruments => Organ Room => Topic started by: minofmusic on May 13, 2004, 09:37:32 AM
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Hey Everyone
is there a way to make the leslie on a hammond organ spin faster or comt to a complete stop, I have a A-100 organ in my church with i believe its a 222 leslie, when I switch it from chorale to tremelo, the leslie slows down but it doesnt stop. when i go to other churches that have a hammond when i switch from chorale to tremelo the leslie spins fast and comes to a complete stops Is there any way that i can make my leslie do that or do i need to buy a new leslie. Thanks
minofmusic
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As far as I know when you switch the Leslie to Chorale it just slows down. I don't know of a way to completely stop the Leslie without switching to the organ speakers.
Matt G.
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"Papa Smurf"
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from what i was taught a leslie that doesn't spin needs to be serviced. same with a leslie that doesn't slow down or speek up. god bless
enson
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Chorale is slow. Tremelo is fast.
Jazz players are fond of saying: "Real men don't use chorale". What they do is unplug the fast motor for the top rotor. So, when they switch to slow, it "spins down" to a stop.
There are Leslie switch kits on the market that allow fast, slow, and stop. At church, I use a Motion Sound KBR-M, which has the 3 speeds. Going from stop to fast is a good effect.
ee_guy
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Alright, There are older leslies that are one speed only(fast and stop) such as models 22,21,44,45,46. Newer leslies 122,147,145,142,251 ect have fast and slow speeds. The even newer leslies and proline models have stop, slow and fast speeds. You can modify yours my addind a brake, two spees kits and motors are also available.
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try this... My leslie has both fast and slow motors. if you switch from fast to slow then set the switch in between. it should stop. With no contact to either fast or slow motor, they shouldn't run. That's the way that mine works.
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If you want your leslie to have a fast to stop position. All you have to do is unplug the slow motors on the leslie from the amp. Normally the slow motors are the white plugs on the amp. In most cases it will be labeled slow. There are 2. One for the upper and one for the lower. Once you unplug the white one. Unplug the the fast motors which are normally brown and and plugg them to where to slow motors were plugged up at. Just leave the white ones hanging. This will only works works on the older leslie. The new 122 and 147 have different hook ups. The Older 122 and 147 etc, with do it for you. I have a 142 and I leave my slow motors disconnected because I like the fast and stop position.
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*hack* *spew*
I prefer SLOW and FAST, but if STOP is also available, I'll use it....sometimes...rarely though.
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If you can get all three, why not. I thought that Chorale was slow, and Tremolo was fast. Am I right or wrong? Stop would be good too. Then you have more variety. More choices. You hear as clear of a tone as you can get with most of the jazz players. Don Patterson told me he can hear better with less distortion. The blend with other instruments is better too. All that wow, warbling, and flutter of heavy vibrato and Leslie tremolo makes me nervous. Ever try to back up a singer who warbles like Aaron Nevile? We used to tune-up in highschool band by listening to a clear flat tone. You knew you were in tune when the beats stopped. It is hard to play in tune with instruments whose pitch keeps moving.
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How do you open up a leslie cabinet? I'll just be honest I've never actually opened one up.
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Forget my previous post there...I searched the internet and found a few pics of leslie's and just now realized the plugin's for the motors are on the bottom left where there's always an open area for easy access. This should be a piece of cake then. 8)