Talk:Donald Leslie

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I first saw a Leslie Speaker at, "The Roof." A NW Iowa ballroom that no longer is. I wasn't sure what I was looking at but soon connected what I was hearing to what I was SEEING! An amazing sound coming from the Hammond player. I don't remember who the band was but I know Tommy James and the Shondells used the Leslie Speaker extensively in their work.

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This may be pure hearsay, but I remember hearing something somewhere about Donald Leslie trying to create a 3D surround sound system for theaters, to match with the 3d movies of the day. Obviously it didn't work for that, but the rotating speaker setup sure gave the music some interesting tone. That might be something to add to the write-up, but I'd want verification from better sources than a dim memory before editing that in. Also, didn't he have some sort of title? Doctor or Professor...? Territan 13:30, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Introduced in Hammond Organ

The article says:

"It wasn't until the 1980s that Hammond bought Leslie's product to include with their organs."

But this link says the Leslie speaker was introduced in 1966: http://www.hammond-organ.com/History/hammond_accomplishments1.htm

1966 - First Hammond built in Leslie Speaker systems in J-200 —Preceding unsigned comment added by WithGLEE (talk • contribs) 21:49, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Also: http://www.hammond-organ.com/History/hammond_lore.htm

In 1966, a Hammond manager contacted CBS about using Leslie OEM modules in Hammond Organs. Hearing "Leslie," the secretary directed the call to Don Leslie. When the embarrassed caller realized who he was talking to, he said, "I don't know how to say this, but we want to buy your speaker units." Leslie replied, "Why don't you say, 'we want to buy your LESLIE speaker units!" Other organ companies had used built-in Leslie modules for years and now Hammond was finally joining the group. The joint Hammond-Leslie X-77 and other Leslie projects soon followed. After Hammond "endorsed" Leslie, they quietly stopped producing Hammond-type tone cabinets and no longer developed new organ speaker models with the Hammond name. The old craziness had come to an end —Preceding unsigned comment added by WithGLEE (talk • contribs) 22:45, 14 October 2010 (UTC)