[sdiy] OT: home organ Leslie hacking

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Thursday 13 January 2005 09:53 am, CCartCat at aol.com wrote:
> Just a pie in the sky hypothetical:
>
> If I were to find an old home organ with a built-in Leslie and   . . .
>
> If it the organ pretty much worked overall and   . . .
>
> I wanted to have the occasional option of sending my own non-organ signal
> thru the Leslie . . .
>
> How would I proceed?
>
> I can guess that I may want a dummy load for the organ's own amp so it's
> kept happy while I'm borrowing the Leslie.   Beyond that, I'm worse than
> guessing. Anyone had any hands on experience?

You talking about tapping into the speaker wiring?  Heck,  I'd tap into the 
line-level signals.  Probably easier to find,  too.   (Hint:  Look around the 
expression pedal.)

> I ask because I occasionally see a home organ in a thrift store with a
> built-in Leslie.   Too often this happens when I'm not particularly close
> to home (as in out of state) and cartage becomes a bigger issue than usual.
> Rather than torture myself with what might have been or might be, I
> thought I'd do a reality check.
>
> Also, I imagine a home organ Leslie is not the greatest of all Leslies, but
> for my purposes, Leslie-fying any sound at hand for the sake of fun, it may
> well suffice.

Yeah,  it might be fun.  I've seen some organs being given away,  lately,  but 
have absolutely no space for such stuff at the present time.