From goff747@aol.com Tue Jan 06 00:29:22 2004
Subject:Re: Leslie tone better than MS 145 - why?


In a message dated 1/6/04 7:09:44 AM, obxwindsurf@yahoo.com writes:

<< I also learned that styrofoam rotors don't sound

as "lively" as wood, and balsa wood, while very light doesn't have

the same resonance characteristics as 1/4" Luan plywood (similar to

what Leslies use) in the range of tones that the lower rotor must

reproduce. >>

this is right on. the old wooden rotors with the washer balance weights and
corresponding cloth draw-string "wind screen" add to the classic sound.
Synchronicity or serendipity, Leslie hit upon the magic formula we all know and love..