Archive for April, 2008
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Well here they are, side by side with a nice little sleeping bag as sewn by John Cott of Pro Audio Rental, thank you John! There have been some moments of frustration in the final tuning of this pair, but in that process, something is learned and information is gleaned. Information I can share with you if you are interested in the slightest.I want to send a shout out first to the folks (folk) at Vintage Hammond.com, http://vintagehammond.com/ without who’s treasure trove of after market and vintage parts we could not have refurbished and outfitted our project. Thank you Jerrell Kautz and staff for your devotion and service. When I first fired up the Hammond at the studio, there was a strange sound, a sound that Kevin attributed to just plain analog Hammond noise. However, the sound only existed in slow speed operation of the Leslie. When I spun the horns and the fast speed motor kicked in the, “noise” disappeared. Upon further inspection we deemed it to be the high speed motor, which we then replaced. As it turns out the second replacement motor was much quieter, so the process of elimination went better than expected. Since both motors were new, it was just a matter of luck that motor number two did not make that sound which was quite annoying. I digress. Now, once you replace a motor in these devices, there is an adjustment process by witch you angle the motors to spin the fly wheel upon operation. This step is quite tricky. Needless to say, one needs a needle-nose pliers, small hands and a strong grip to adjust the three nuts that angle the shaft to activate and deactivate the motor upon operation. Once adjusted, the spinning action, slow/fast is now operational.
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