Donald James Leslie, created and manufactured the Leslie speaker that refined the sound of the Hammond organ and helped popularize electronic music. Leslie experimented with devices to, in his words, improve the sound of the Hammond organ, based on experience he gathered from other jobs, including fixing radios and one at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. , during World War II. When Leslie presented Hammond with his hand-made organ speaker, the company rejected it.

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  • Donald James Leslie, created and manufactured the Leslie speaker that refined the sound of the Hammond organ and helped popularize electronic music. Leslie experimented with devices to, in his words, improve the sound of the Hammond organ, based on experience he gathered from other jobs, including fixing radios and one at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. , during World War II. When Leslie presented Hammond with his hand-made organ speaker, the company rejected it. Leslie then chose to manufacture his Leslie speaker on his own. It was predominately used for liturgical and gospel church organs creating a Theatre Organ Tremulant effect. It was used with the Hammond Tone Wheel Organ as well as others in the 1940s through 1950s as well as today. The final version of the Leslie speaker is the Rotosonic drum whereas a loudspeaker is physically mounted in the spinning rotor with a narrow aperture (opening) to produce a very authentic Theatre Organ tremulant sound. It was also used in psychedelic and rock music of the 1960s and 1970s. It has since made its way into many genres of music, including pop music and jazz. It wasn't until the 1980s that Hammond bought Leslie's product to include with their organs. Leslie was inducted into the American Music Conference Hall of Fame in 2003.
  • Donald Leslie entwickelte und produzierte den nach ihm benannten Leslie-Lautsprecher, einen Rotationslautsprecher, der den Klang der Hammondorgel erweiterte und in der Popularmusik etablierte. Leslie experimentierte schon früh mit zusätzlichen Geräten und Lautsprechern, um den nahezu sinusförmigen Klang der Hammondorgel zu verbessern. Er verfügte über Erfahrungen als Elektroniker, die er in früheren Jobs sammeln konnte. Unter anderem arbeitete er in einer Reparaturwerkstatt für Radios und im Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. während des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Als Leslie dem Orgelhersteller Hammond 1940 seinen handgefertigten Orgellautsprecher vorstellte, wies die Firma ihn zurück. Daraufhin entschied sich Leslie, die Lautsprecher in seiner eigenen Firma Electro Music, Pasadena selbst zu fertigen. Der Leslie-Lautsprecher erlebte seinen kommerziellen Durchbruch durch die Verwendung in der Pop- und Rockmusik der 1960er und 1970er. Erst in den 1980er Jahren wurden Leslies Produkte offiziell von Hammond unterstützt. Heute baut die Nachfolgefirma Hammond Suzuki USA selbst Rotor-Lautsprecher mit dem Markennamen Leslie. Leslie wurde 2003 in die Hall of Fame der American Music Conference aufgenommen.
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  • Donald James Leslie, created and manufactured the Leslie speaker that refined the sound of the Hammond organ and helped popularize electronic music. Leslie experimented with devices to, in his words, improve the sound of the Hammond organ, based on experience he gathered from other jobs, including fixing radios and one at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. , during World War II. When Leslie presented Hammond with his hand-made organ speaker, the company rejected it.
  • Donald Leslie entwickelte und produzierte den nach ihm benannten Leslie-Lautsprecher, einen Rotationslautsprecher, der den Klang der Hammondorgel erweiterte und in der Popularmusik etablierte. Leslie experimentierte schon früh mit zusätzlichen Geräten und Lautsprechern, um den nahezu sinusförmigen Klang der Hammondorgel zu verbessern. Er verfügte über Erfahrungen als Elektroniker, die er in früheren Jobs sammeln konnte.
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  • Donald Leslie
  • Donald Leslie
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