From tonysounds@yahoo.com Wed May 16 09:00:10 2007
Subject:Re: Leslie 3300 Insides

I find it doubtful that the scrim adds any aerodynamic qualities, one way or the other. If anything, if the scrim was loose and floppy it might slow things down, but other than that....

jake92028 wrote: --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "Peter J. Previte, Jr."
wrote:
>
> Pardon my ignorance but what's a scrim cloth? Is this the same as
the grill cloth?

I think its original intention was as a dust cover, not to produce
any effect on the rotation of the low rotor. Wj

>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ryan Stroup
> To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:08:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [CWSG] Leslie 3300 Insides
>
> I used my Leslie 142's lower rotor without a scrim cloth for a
while.
> I finally put a new one on about a month ago or so. For me
personally,
> the aerodynamic benefits it provides outweighs any benefits provided
> with no cloth. Without the cloth, you have to keep the belt tension
> just right or the rotor won't spin fast enough. When I put the new
> cloth on, I set the belt tension pretty loose and turned the Leslie
> on. Even with the loose belt tension, the rotor still made it to
> proper tremolo speed. If you like the rotor to coast when you flip
the
> Leslie to chorale speed (by unplugging the slow motor or if you
have a
> single speed Leslie), the coast to stop time significantly increases
> with the cloth on. For me, this was a necessity for me because I
like
> the coasting rotor effect and the slow acceleration. It's all
> according to personal taste I guess.
>
> --
> Ryan
>
> On 5/15/07, Bruce Wahler wrote:
> If done right, you don't even *need* the scrim cloth. I took mine