Leslie Vibratone Highboy

[bobofhollywood]

I think this may be from about 1946-1951. The poor dear's back was missing, so even the model is ambiguous, but I think it's an A-30, althought it could even be a 'Hollywood Loudspeaker', which it is now, anyway!

This thing ROCKS!~ I replaced the electro-magnetic 15 inch driver with a permanent magnet type one (I just happened to have lying around here spare) and used a crossover left from my Imperial car stereo, and the original Jensen projector tweeter works, and now I play Hammond organ records through it REAL LOUD and they rock the house. Mom & Snowball love it too.

This is the tone manipulator that has rotors associated with both drivers which can be made to spin or stay still, depending on the sound application. In the still mode, it makes a wonderful 'jukebox' commercial sound, but in the vibratone mode, it is a whole different instrument altogether.

 

[bobofhollywood]

snowball diggin' it

Here's my kitty. She can sense there's somethin' moving inside there...and it kinda purrs at her...

 

[bobofhollywood]

and , of course, it just SENDS me

it's really over the top...and down under the bottom..all at the same time....I'd love for you all to hear it some time.

Bob

 

[petek]

It's quite neat, so is there a rotating speak baffle in there? And what model is that organ, it looks like one that would be used in a small chapel.

 

[jasonl]

Zen and the organ

WOW!

Jus wow. Great find.

 

[jasonl]

Oops

Just realized you were showing off the speaker.

In that case. DOUBLE WOW!

What turntable do you use for the source when you play the records?

 

[michaelman2]

what a great find!....I have never seen one of these

 

[lightedcontrols]

BOB!

You NEVER cease to A M A Z E me! Mark

 

[veg-o-matic]

Wow, that's a big organ you got there, Bob!

veg

 

[jasonl]

I wondered how long before innuendo broke out. LOL.

 

[Cybrvanr]

I need to get me a Leslie cabinet for my Hammonds! That thing is awesome, I bet it really rocks the house with the 15 inch woofer! If you need parts for overhaulin any Hammond or Leslie, try Goff professional. They got all sorts of stuff!

 

[chad_hauris]

We have got a Leslie in the shop from 1969...we replaced all paper and electrolytic capacitors in the amp and today at lunchtime I put in the new 6550 tubes we had ordered and it really sounds good! We are working on it (along with a C-3 Hammond) for a church.