Can you identify this object?

[guitar man]

It's part of project I'm working on, just thought it might be fun to post since it isn't something you see every day. A mega fist-bump goes to the first correct answer. :fistbump:

[krispos42]

1. Looks like some kind of sorting device n/t

[guitar man]

4. nope

tiny hint, it's more of a scattering device of sorts. ;)

[redqueen]

6. Is it a sower?

A seed sower thing?

[guitar man]

8. nope

logical guess though :thumbsup:

[redqueen]

16. Does it shoot fireworks?

:D

[guitar man]

19. in the right hands

it does shoot fireworks, figuratively :D

[KansDem]

2. Looks like that thingy you find in old VHS machines that reads the tape as it passes over it.

But I could be wrong...

[krispos42]

3. I think it's bigger than that.

Looks to be about a foot across.






Unless he's playing suitcase-sized VHS tape.... :rofl:

[guitar man]

5. nope

good guess though

[QueenOfCalifornia]

7. I know...

it's a dilithium crystal distorter and popcorn popper. :D

[guitar man]

9. lol

:rofl:

[Kali]

10. part of a speaker or amp?

[QueenOfCalifornia]

12. I was just going to

guess that... Home made amp part or speaker thingee...

[guitar man]

22. :)

warm

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. It's a round orangish yellow thing with a black thing across it.

Duh.

[Kali]

13. with some wood behind it!

[Haole Girl]

14. Looks like something...

to put a vinyl record on. (?)

:shrug:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

15. Are you going

to bolt it onto that black metal bar and then use it as an end table?

[Haole Girl]

17. Might look attractive...you're giving me Christmas gift ideas!

j/k

:rofl:

[Kali]

23. that is called a turntable

or more technically: a RECORD player :rofl:

[DS1]

18. 4-fingered douchinator, obviously

:eyes:

[Symarip]

20. I'll take a guess

On the right hand side, I see what appears to be a standard refrigerator timer. So I'm guessing whatever we're looking at might come from a fridge? But I don't see how.

[guitar man]

21. here's a hint

with a visual aid, it's going to be used with this:




B-)

[Haole Girl]

25. Thanks

That really narrows it down! lol

:rofl:

[Kali]

24. second guess

projector (or camera) part - reel ???? huh????

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. Dammit... I've seen that before

We're looking at it from the bottom, I think...



It appears to be a counterweight or buffer of some sort — for an electric motor, most likely.



Are you building a stereo or other type of audio system?

[guitar man]

27. here's another angle

maybe that will help

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Just makes me more frustrated

You bastard. x(

[underpants]

28. Lawn mower blade?

the underside of a lawn mower?

[Kali]

29. 3rd try

8 - ROTARY section: One element of the classic drawbar organ sound came from the associated speaker cabinet, which featured a
two-speed motor that rotated the horn of the high-end speaker (tweeter) and the drum of the low-end speaker (woofer). This was a
mechanical process that required a few moments of speeding up or slowing down. The Rotary Speaker effect on the OB32 recreates this
distinctive sound. The OB32 also recreates the distinctive gritty sound of the classic speaker units that resulted from their tube amplifiers,
and this is controlled by the Overdrive knob:evilgrin:

[guitar man]

31. close enough

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now, for extra credit, can you tell me the most common name for a rotary organ speaker? it's also the name of the most prolific manufacturer, as well as my full first name?

[Kali]

35. aw hell no, I'm a guitar groupie

I see on a discussion page guys calling it a rotary speaker sim, that is about it.

[guitar man]

36. yeah but

this isn't a simulator, it's the real thing.It will let us ditch the simulator. :evilgrin:

[unpossibles]

38. Leslie cabinet

[guitar man]

40. extra credit

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[unpossibles]

42. I love those things! nt

[guitar man]

50. me too

Nothing sounds like spinning moving air in real time...classic rock,blues and soul wouldn't exist as we know it without the B3 and leslie. ;)

[bunnies]

30. Looks like a Leslie Rotor...

I can haz fistbump now?

[guitar man]

32. ding ding ding!!

you rang in just about the same time as Kali, so you both get a big fistbump. :D

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[bunnies]

37. sweet!

:fistbump: :fistbump: I knew that one day this massive gear collection would pay off! :rofl:

[guitar man]

39. I have a fair sized collection

The mrs calls it a bunch of junk laying around :(

This one is only a single rotor leslie, it came out of a '69 model Hammond T-series spinet, it was mounted internally. I'm building a cabinet for it and am going to wire up a footswitch so our keyboard player can use it with the drawbar module. It won't sound exactly like a B3, but it will be close enough and beats the hell out of carrying a 500lb organ around!

[bunnies]

41. lol.

Lucky for Mr. bunnies... we *both* play. And we both made a living for years buying and selling gear. I deal in the vintage stuff... mostly effects. Whereas Mr. bunnies deals with the digital hoo-haa and amps.

Damn straight. I'd take any part of a old B3 over any of the simulators hands down. The digital shit doesnt even come close to authentic sound, imho. Your keyboard player must be psyched! What a cool project. I bet it'll rock when youre done with it!

[guitar man]

43. yeah, he's pretty psyched

He's been using a korg something or other straight into a keyboard amp, the B3 patches in it are certainly nothing to write home about. At leats with the Oberheim he's going to get real time drawbar and percussion control and a better B3 sound, with the leslie it will be even better. I just have to figure out what I'm going to use for an amp for it. I have a spring reverb tank I'm going to mount in the cab when I build it too.

[bunnies]

47. oooohh. Spring Reverb.

That will kick some serious ass. To me, its just begging to be hooked up to an old Roland Space Echo. mmmm tape delay. *drool*
Have you ever heard of or used a Trace Elliot Amp?! Way underrated, imo - so good deals aren't that hard to come by. I have a soft spot for those and Boogies myself - oh and Budda. Budda rules.

[guitar man]

49. I might still have

a roland space echo hanging around, I'll have to look in the store room and see. Yea, I have heard of all those amps, I like the trace amps for bass a lot. Whatever I use with this leslie, it will have to be pretty low power unless I change the speaker. It has an 8", the original from 1969, and I think the internal organ amp was only 40 watts, solid state to boot, so a 15-20 watt tube amp would be about all she could take unless I go with a more modern speaker.

[bunnies]

56. Ahhh. I see.

I should have thought of that - since you said it came from an organ. Doh.

Geez. I remember hearing about a 15w amp that sounded incredible - but I cant for the life of me think of the name. More than likely it was some obscenely priced boutique jobby.

At any rate... I'd want to keep the speaker too. For sure. I wonder, would some sort of pre-amp work? :shrug:

[guitar man]

48. hey

since you're into the vintage stuff, do you know how to wire this thing up? It's a 2 speed, so it has 2 motors stacked on top of each other, fast and slow. There was a rocker switch on the organ for speed control, but I want to wire it up with a footswitch. It has black, brown and gray wires coming out of the harness. I want to assume the black is common and the brown and gray are for each of the speeds, but I can't find anything definitive on the net and I certainly don't want to burn it up in the process.

[bunnies]

52. I wouldnt be able to say with any certainty...

I've never actually had one apart or looked into it at all. The strange thing about the 60's - and I learned this the hard way with an Italian Vox Wah, it seems theres very little consistency with parts/wiring.

I will ask Mr. bunnies when he gets home though... he does way more of the fixing / wiring than I do. Plus, he knows how to make footswitches for just about anything.

Have you seen this page? http://www.keyboardpartner.de/hammond/t-modifications.htm Maybe something there that could help?

[guitar man]

57. ooh, thanks

nice page :)

[Kali]

45. nah I cheated, er googled

bunnies knew it :fistbump: :fistbump: :fistbump:

[guitar man]

46. yeah,but

that was some pretty smart thinking, using the clue from the drawbar module :toast:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

33. a teramin?

early moog stuff

[blitzen]

44. a fly reel

damn, i see that i'm already too late, and wrong

[Jamastiene]

51. Leslie Speaker...

looks like. :)

[guitar man]

54. yep

single rotor, scavenged from a delapidated Hammon Spinet organ. :fistbump:

[Iggo]

53. Dangit...too late to the game!

I saw a spinning thing, saw your name was guitar-man, and my first guess was a Leslie.

Dangit! Dangit! Dangit!

[guitar man]

55. yep

:hi: :fistbump: