[sdiy] Fwd: RIP Don Leslie

[James Patchell]

Heck, how long has the "Recorder" been around (also known as the old 
English flute, among other names)....I used to modulate it by using my 
tongue...sounded kind of weird...sure I am not the first one to do that...

At 03:20 PM 9/4/2004 -0700, Glen wrote:
>At 12:09 PM 9/4/04 , Grant Richter wrote:
>
> >> Don Leslie, creator of the Leslie rotating speaker cabinet and the
> >> first modulation effect, has left this world at the age of 93.
>
>Not that I want to diminish the invention of the Leslie speaker, but I
>doubt that it's accurate to call it "the first modulation effect." I've
>seen pipe organs from circa 1900, with what look like steamboat paddle
>wheels suspended over the pipes. This surely produced a somewhat similar
>effect, and is certainly modulation. I would be very surprised if even this
>were the first modulation effect.
>
>Anyone care to hazard a guess on the very first modulation effect? Perhaps
>a drumhead that can be adjusted in tension while playing?
>
>
>later,
>Glen

         -Jim
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