<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 12, 2006, at 11:15 PM, R. D. Davis wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">A bigger disappointment was the Leslie.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The rotating horn is made</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">of... styrofoam!<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The Leslie's speaker needs to be replaced with a</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">better quality speaker as well, but I wonder if the styrofoam horn can</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">withstand something like a speaker capable of handling much more</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">power, with a higher and lower frequency response as well, like a 6"</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">coaxial speaker. <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The Fender Leslie, otherwise known as the Leslie Model 16 (the same one used by Stevie Ray Vaughn, among other notables) also had a styrofoam rotor. It had a 10" speaker. I bought one back in the 70's and drove it from my 100 watt Fender Twin Reverb amp. The 10" speaker lasted maybe a week or two. I went into the cabinet and routed the speaker hole out a bit, and installed a 12" Altec Lansing speaker. I drove the crap out of that cabinet with the same loud amp for the next few years with no problems. The Styrofoam rotor was not a problem at all. I imagine that it's still serving someone well to this day. I don't know if yours has the same rotor, but I'll bet it's close, if not identical. Does yours have a two-speed motor?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>