Re: Leslie 740

[Dallas Selman <dselman@islandnet.com>]

At 02:33 PM 4/3/96 -0500, Richard Lay wrote:
>I talked on the phone last night to a 77 year old lady with a Leslie 740
for sale
>(excellent condition, according to her).  It is now hooked to her Yamaha
keyboard
>and is too big and loud for her apartment.  She wants to sell it, for $700
(she'll let
>me have it for $600).
>
>Questions :
>
>- Is this price reasonable ?
>
>- This lady's add states that this beast has 4 channels.  Are all these inputs
>1/4" phone, or do any of them support the Hammond 6/9/11 pin connections ?
>(Or asking another way, can I/should I connect this to either my church's
RT-2 or A-100 ?)
>
>- I couldn't find this model in the Hammond FAQ appendix B.  Is this lady
accurate
>on the model ?
>
>Thanks
>Richard Lay
>
>I have a trashed 740, it is identical to a 710 toher than a little wider to
accomodate
4 fixed 6x9's instead of 2. This is a 2 channel solid state Leslie with a 9
pin connection.
It will go good with an RT but hooking to the A100 requires a cross over
kit. The sound for the A100
will not be as satisfactory as with a tube amp but given the increasing
rarity of tube Leslies
(at least where I live)....For 600.00 it would have to be in perfiect
condition throughout. 700 is]
pushing it although since the RT is a 2 channel organ (right, anyboady? with
a tibia feature for the second channel it should sound good with the
rotosonic Leslie....
>


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Dallas Selman