Re: Leslie 740

["Jack T. Langham" <jlangham@flash.net>]

At 12:47 PM 4/3/96 -0800, you wrote:
>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....
>>
>
>
>_____________
>
>Dallas Selman
>
>

When did a RT become a two channel organ? 

Jack T. Langham Jr.