From joostdenhertog@hetnet.nl Thu Nov 01 12:51:06 2007
Subject:Re: Another crazy Leslie idea?

I have a nice idea;

louvers which can be adjusted "closed to wide open" like those for
windows of a house.... :-)

Ted Thompson schreef:
> Bear in mind that the first Leslie™ horns were made of Paper Mache,
> glued into a block of wood in the center. I've only seen a few, and I
> can't recall if they had the exponential looking flair of the later
> plastic ones or not.
>
> Also, early cabinets had 1 slot (louver) and some at least had a layer
> of sound absorbing material stapled in behind that opening and on the
> inside of the upper back.
>
> "The Sound" has been constantly evolving.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Ted Thompson
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> rrockkey wrote:
>
>> I wasn't gonna say any thing, but you gotta be a little goofy to be
>> getting into this spinning speaker stuff in the first place: )
>>
>> I have a nearly destroyed horn that I mended with very stiff art board
>> of which my wife has extra lying around. I cut it to size(what does a
>> cone look like if you could "unroll it flat"?) then glued it on the
>> stub of what was left of the horn. I could have done the same with
>> layers of wood veneer for a wood horn but I didn't think of it. Maybe
>> next time. What does it sound like? Not much different than the
>> baklite one in my 145 (both without deflectors). Yeah, I know I should
>> get new horns with the deflectors but I'm in no hurry.
>>
>> Got any other crazy ideas? If you don't try it you'll never know.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rock
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