Best vid I've seen in a while. Fairly direct vid as to how to convert the unit into a standalone cab. The one question that seems to be raised or talked about online for these conversions is what variable speed switch to use. One from a fan? A "rheostat" type? I'm not sure.
I'm still rehabilitating my e-112 organ that I saved from a hoarder. So, yeah, that was distressing to kill a working organ to make 2 lesser instruments. Mine works, but it still has some issues that I'm still trying to iron out. It was nice to see the Leslie tremolo cabinet build, though. I've been trying to figure out, if I need additional parts, like that rotating horn bit I've seen elsewhere, or if building a cabinet is all I really need to do with it, just so it's protected. I picked that same part up off craigslist a few years back for $50. Thanks for the demonstration! 👍
There is a midi shield for the Arduino. Looking into it's capabilities, but at this point I think I'm going to just use a separate 555 timer on each pedal with an RC filter on it's output to smooth out the square wave.
I would second the MIDI conversion, that way the player isn't stuck with just the organ sounds. The problem with incorporating the amp in it, is it is going to be fairly heavy without the amp being in there,and any amp that is big enough to be used is going to be heavy by itself - It would probably need to be at least 100 Watts, and personally, I would say closer to 300 Watts because pushing those kinds of lows requires a speaker like a 15" or 18" that can produce them. (keep in mind, most people looking at these are going to be Rock Musicians - that seems to be where the Bass pedals found a home thanks to bands like RUSH.) I used a MIDI conversion kit that I bought on Ebay, and 13-note Bass Pedal that was pulled from a Hammond B-2 Organ.
I thought about it. In fact, there's a midi shield for the Arduino, but the processor can only produce one tone at a time. Going with 13 tone generators and no amp.
I’m a guitar player but have a old Hammond organ that has a Leslie unit still intact. I’d like to try this but I’m a bit confused on the wiring. I’m also curious how you would amplify the sound from a instrument? Like say if you plugged a guitar or a keyboard into the cabinet. Also it would be awesome to build a foot switch to switch from fast to slow.
The tremolo unit I had simply had two 110volt motors inside. Low and high speed. Just switch one or the other on. Inside is just a speaker. You would simply connect that speaker to the output of your amplifier. If you live near a maker space, there will be plenty of helpful people there who could lend a hand. Or you could hire one of them to do it for you.
I've got a hammond organ from 1953 that has been waiting for me to do something with it. The insulation on the wires is so bad it would all have to be replaced to restore it and with the amount of wire these things have; well that ain't gonna happen. I too always wanted to make the base pedals. a stand alone unit.
I don't know if you're still answering questions, but i'm a guitar player, and got this same model for free off of Facebook. I was wondering, mine doesn't have a plug to an outlet, is that a problem for the build? Do i have to use another amp to power the leslie?
I got a cheap Kimball home organ a while back. I think when it kicks the bucket, I want to upcycle some components from it. Where could I learn the electronic aspects of adding 1/4 inch input/output jacks to things like the chorus slider and so forth?
What I found was that everything was so intertwined, separating things out became a problem. I kept the pedals, but the way I'm going to approach that project is to make a separate oscillator for each pedal with a pre-amp out.
@@WildmanTech oh wow. I got the same feeling when I opened mine up. The boards seemed intertwined. Thanks for the reply and best of luck your endeavour!
Did you get to make a video of you using the pedals? I'm trying to reuse the bass pedals off of an old organ of mine, but I don't know how to go about it.
@@rocknroll3214 So get a DPDT switch and wire the incoming power to the center connections. This one is labeled I and II so wire the slow motor to I and the fast motor to II. amzn.to/3R6EYhI
Wait, what? Are you telling me that you dismantled a beautiful organ to use a unit part that was a mechanical part so elementary that is posible to be assembled with a motor and a piece made in a common lathe?? Wouldn't it be a more awesome project to attempt to build that cone?? It even wouldn't have to be acoustically precise. The most challenging part would have been to balance the rotation, like balancing a wheel of a car.
My God, as your dumb president would say: SAD. You began your speech by saying “A fully functional organ.” From my standpoint, isn't this terrible recycling? Isn't that doppler thing easy to build from pure scratch??
That's one way to look at it, but for the organ to continue its life as an organ, someone has to actually want it. The thing was headed for the dump! It was in the free section of Craigslist for a month and nobody wanted it! I SAVED IT from going to a landfill! The tremolo unit found it's way to a musician who had been looking for one for years. The same will happen with the bass pedals. This is by definition the very meaning of upcycling. Taking garbage (something being thrown away) and turning it into something useful. You're going to love it when I tear apart an uprioght grand piano and make it into a bar.
Can you really say that it does not exist someone in the world, such as somebody learning to play the keyboards that can't afford this, and doesn't want this kind of an instrument? Also, is that box really valuable for music purposes?? I'm sorry, as a musician, I can't see it. Maybe I can appreciate the wood craft, I don't know. But if someone finds my violin by some accident and would think that as long as no one claims it you can use the finger board to make a flute or something, I still think that music spirit dies. A musical instrument is a magic thing. It may endure so much generations ahead. My instrument will travel to the future and when I'm dead and many of the people I love is dead too it will go beyond producing, if life is good, joy to humanity.
Someone somewhere in the world would have loved to have that organ, but who would pay the hundreds of dollars to ship it? No such person came forward to claim it here, therefore it was worth nothing. The value of a thing is dictated by someone's desire to possess it. No such desire existed in this area so I UPCYCLED the usable components into things that people DID have a desire to possess. Namely, this tremolo unit that a musician bought and uses regularly, and the bass pedal assembly that I am confident and musician will buy once I'm done playing with it.
Great job repurposing an old organ and creating a musical tool for a musician to use. Nicely done Marsh.
Thanks Lloyd. Good to hear form you.
Fantastic! Greetings from Argentina!
Best vid I've seen in a while. Fairly direct vid as to how to convert the unit into a standalone cab. The one question that seems to be raised or talked about online for these conversions is what variable speed switch to use.
One from a fan?
A "rheostat" type?
I'm not sure.
I'm still rehabilitating my e-112 organ that I saved from a hoarder. So, yeah, that was distressing to kill a working organ to make 2 lesser instruments. Mine works, but it still has some issues that I'm still trying to iron out.
It was nice to see the Leslie tremolo cabinet build, though. I've been trying to figure out, if I need additional parts, like that rotating horn bit I've seen elsewhere, or if building a cabinet is all I really need to do with it, just so it's protected. I picked that same part up off craigslist a few years back for $50. Thanks for the demonstration! 👍
Bad Ass project!!
Thanks Eloy!
It might be easier to make the bass pedals midi and plug them into something more modern. Nice Job!
There is a midi shield for the Arduino. Looking into it's capabilities, but at this point I think I'm going to just use a separate 555 timer on each pedal with an RC filter on it's output to smooth out the square wave.
I would second the MIDI conversion, that way the player isn't stuck with just the organ sounds. The problem with incorporating the amp in it, is it is going to be fairly heavy without the amp being in there,and any amp that is big enough to be used is going to be heavy by itself - It would probably need to be at least 100 Watts, and personally, I would say closer to 300 Watts because pushing those kinds of lows requires a speaker like a 15" or 18" that can produce them. (keep in mind, most people looking at these are going to be Rock Musicians - that seems to be where the Bass pedals found a home thanks to bands like RUSH.)
I used a MIDI conversion kit that I bought on Ebay, and 13-note Bass Pedal that was pulled from a Hammond B-2 Organ.
I thought about it. In fact, there's a midi shield for the Arduino, but the processor can only produce one tone at a time. Going with 13 tone generators and no amp.
Pretty cool!
Nice just came across an old organ with this in it 🖒
great !!!!!!!!!
A little bit of Nazareth to test things out. Love me some Leslie!
I’m a guitar player but have a old Hammond organ that has a Leslie unit still intact. I’d like to try this but I’m a bit confused on the wiring. I’m also curious how you would amplify the sound from a instrument? Like say if you plugged a guitar or a keyboard into the cabinet. Also it would be awesome to build a foot switch to switch from fast to slow.
The tremolo unit I had simply had two 110volt motors inside. Low and high speed. Just switch one or the other on. Inside is just a speaker. You would simply connect that speaker to the output of your amplifier. If you live near a maker space, there will be plenty of helpful people there who could lend a hand. Or you could hire one of them to do it for you.
Cool.....I love looking inside of things. Take good care of that Stylus Dremel, they are not made anymore , much to my dismay.
Mine too. To their credit, they did come up with a handle that feels similar and holds their more powerful tool.
I've got a hammond organ from 1953 that has been waiting for me to do something with it. The insulation on the wires is so bad it would all have to be replaced to restore it and with the amount of wire these things have; well that ain't gonna happen. I too always wanted to make the base pedals. a stand alone unit.
Look forward to that in the next couple weeks. I'll give you everything you need to know to do it.
Saludos. Sr. Wlilman. Tech. Desde el. Edo. México. Preguntándole. Información d
De las bocinas. Lesli o. Tremul
I don't know if you're still answering questions, but i'm a guitar player, and got this same model for free off of Facebook. I was wondering, mine doesn't have a plug to an outlet, is that a problem for the build? Do i have to use another amp to power the leslie?
I'm not clear on what the question is. The Leslie accepts the output of an amplifier.
@@WildmanTech my question is, would you need an external guitar amp?
@@zenon459 The Leslie unit is nothing but a speaker, so yes.
I got a cheap Kimball home organ a while back. I think when it kicks the bucket, I want to upcycle some components from it. Where could I learn the electronic aspects of adding 1/4 inch input/output jacks to things like the chorus slider and so forth?
What I found was that everything was so intertwined, separating things out became a problem. I kept the pedals, but the way I'm going to approach that project is to make a separate oscillator for each pedal with a pre-amp out.
@@WildmanTech oh wow. I got the same feeling when I opened mine up. The boards seemed intertwined. Thanks for the reply and best of luck your endeavour!
@@blackburn1111 Thanks. There will be a video.
Can you make a video how to oil this Leslie tremolo unit? And what oil to use and the process?
I cannot. It was sold many years ago. Just lube the bushings on the motor and at the main pivot.
@@WildmanTech Thank you!
Did you get to make a video of you using the pedals? I'm trying to reuse the bass pedals off of an old organ of mine, but I don't know how to go about it.
Not yet. I'm going to have to make individual oscillators for each pedal. Not a big deal. I was just going to use 555 timers.
Wildman Tech sounds great. When do you think it will be out?
Probably when the rains come. October
@ I think what I'm going to do for the bass pedals is make a separate oscillator for each pedal.
Musical things are all above my pay grade. I cannot carry a tune in a bucket. Still that looks good to me.
I'm not much better myself. Good to hear from you Harold!
Trying to make one myself but don’t know how to wire the other two wires for fast and slow. Can you help?
I'd have to see yours. Mine basically had two motors. Post a closeup and tag me on Instagram, maybe I can decipher it. @wildman.tech
Mines the same. Two wires coming off the slow speed motor and two coming from the fast.
@@rocknroll3214 So get a DPDT switch and wire the incoming power to the center connections. This one is labeled I and II so wire the slow motor to I and the fast motor to II. amzn.to/3R6EYhI
@@WildmanTech super simple and I don’t know why I didn’t think of that!
Thanks!
Projects like this are why organ donors are important!!!
You got that right!
Wait, what? Are you telling me that you dismantled a beautiful organ to use a unit part that was a mechanical part so elementary that is posible to be assembled with a motor and a piece made in a common lathe?? Wouldn't it be a more awesome project to attempt to build that cone?? It even wouldn't have to be acoustically precise. The most challenging part would have been to balance the rotation, like balancing a wheel of a car.
Shoulda', coulda', woulda'. I saved this piece of junk from the landfill.
My God, as your dumb president would say: SAD.
You began your speech by saying “A fully functional organ.”
From my standpoint, isn't this terrible recycling?
Isn't that doppler thing easy to build from pure scratch??
That's one way to look at it, but for the organ to continue its life as an organ, someone has to actually want it. The thing was headed for the dump! It was in the free section of Craigslist for a month and nobody wanted it! I SAVED IT from going to a landfill! The tremolo unit found it's way to a musician who had been looking for one for years. The same will happen with the bass pedals. This is by definition the very meaning of upcycling. Taking garbage (something being thrown away) and turning it into something useful. You're going to love it when I tear apart an uprioght grand piano and make it into a bar.
Can you really say that it does not exist someone in the world, such as somebody learning to play the keyboards that can't afford this, and doesn't want this kind of an instrument?
Also, is that box really valuable for music purposes??
I'm sorry, as a musician, I can't see it. Maybe I can appreciate the wood craft, I don't know. But if someone finds my violin by some accident and would think that as long as no one claims it you can use the finger board to make a flute or something, I still think that music spirit dies. A musical instrument is a magic thing. It may endure so much generations ahead. My instrument will travel to the future and when I'm dead and many of the people I love is dead too it will go beyond producing, if life is good, joy to humanity.
Someone somewhere in the world would have loved to have that organ, but who would pay the hundreds of dollars to ship it? No such person came forward to claim it here, therefore it was worth nothing. The value of a thing is dictated by someone's desire to possess it. No such desire existed in this area so I UPCYCLED the usable components into things that people DID have a desire to possess. Namely, this tremolo unit that a musician bought and uses regularly, and the bass pedal assembly that I am confident and musician will buy once I'm done playing with it.