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Donald James Leslie (April 13, 1911 – September 2, 2004) created and manufactured the Leslie speaker that refined the sound of the Hammond organ and helped popularize electronic music.
The speaker is named after its inventor, Donald Leslie, who began working in the late 1930s to get a speaker for a Hammond organ that better emulated a pipe or theatre organ, and discovered that baffles rotating along the axis of the speaker cone gave the best sound effect.
24 mar 2017 · The Origin of the Leslie Speaker. In the late 1930s, Donald Leslie brought an electric Hammond organ home. As fascinating as the technology was, Don was ultimately disappointed by the organ’s sound. He wanted that massive, quivering sound he heard on pipe organs in churches and movie halls.
Donald James Leslie, inventor and manufacturer of the Leslie speaker, which helped popularize the Hammond organ and contributed to the development of electronic music, has died. He was 93....
22 gru 2017 · Donald Leslie invented the speaker after he bought an electric Hammond organ in the 1940s that disappointed him. He wanted the vibrating, warbling sound of a pipe organ. To solve his problem, he created a rotating speaker cabinet, eventually known as the Leslie, that emulated those sounds.
27 mar 2021 · The Leslie Speaker - The Musical Electro-Mechanical Amp/Speaker from the Mind of Donald Leslie.*SORRY FOR THE CLIPPING in the recording! Won't happen again!...
2 wrz 2004 · Leslie, Donald J. (April 13, 1911 – September 2, 2004) Inventor of the Leslie loudspeaker. Finding the sound of the Hammond Tonewheel Organ impressive but lacking resonance in a small space, he set about devising a speaker that would enhance the sound. The result was the Leslie speaker.
