[HAM] Connecting an H-182 to a Leslie 22R

[jec at afo.net]

I forgot one thing. I can't tell whether the Leslie was hooked to this organ 
or not. The owner said it was but I am now having some difficulty believing 
him.
Jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Bishop" <xxcaptinxx at comcast.net>
To: "The Hammond Forum" <hammond at zeni.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [HAM] Connecting an H-182 to a Leslie 22R


>I have an H series hammond and a Leslie 22R.  I'm not really certain what
> you mean by "the Leslie is kind of in pieces".  Can you be more specific?
> Does the organ play correctly through its internal speakers?  Was this 22R
> connected to the H series organ before you bought it?  Does it have the
> half-moon switches on the console?
>
> The direct answer to your question is that its possible to hook these two
> together, but its not easy.  The cable you have probably has a six wire 
> male
> and female Amphenal connector on  either end. The female side plugs into 
> the
> Leslie at the power amp in the rear bottom left of the cabinet.  You 
> should
> check whether there is a second amplifer in your Leslie.  The R in 22R 
> means
> the cabinet is built to accept a reverb amp and speaker.  Whether the 
> reverb
> is present or not depends on whether you find that second amp.  It may 
> have
> a separate cable and switch to control the reverb volume from the organ.
>
> The H series is harder to connect to a Leslie because the organ has a bass
> channel and two treble channels out of phase with each other.  Leslie sold 
> a
> connector kit model 8216 to accomplish this mixing into a single channel.
> If your organ has one already, it will be a metal\brass colored 
> rectangular
> box with the number 015644 on it, mounted somewhere in the lowest shelf of
> the rear of the instrument.  There is a five pin cable that plugs into the
> organ's power amp.  You then turn the switch on the power amp from console
> to tone cab.  The Leslie cable is plugged in to the amphenol socket marked
> "Leslie SPKR".  The halfmoon switch is plugged into this box, and you can
> set the volume and tone.  If you don't see such a Leslie kit, you'll want 
> to
> buy one, but they go for around $150 on eBay.
>
> Unless its been converted, your Leslie 22R has fast and "coast to a stop"
> speeds.  Because of the age of the Leslie amp, I would replace at least
> certain capacitors before I even turned it on.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Bishop
>
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