So, it looks like the guy that installed the kit (before I purchased
this whole setup) didn't know what he was doing.
Kinda figures when he left the Leslie's cable connection inside the
B-3!
On 1/2/2022 3:08 AM, Chris Clifton
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That kit is intended for use with a spinet organ with a built
in amplifier and speaker. Not ideal for connecting to a console
with G-G output from the pre-amp, there never was an official
passive kit for connecting a 9-pin Leslie to a console.
Did a little more digging around the Fish Organ list, this
kit uses the connector box with the number you gave in your
original post.
On 01/01/2022 23:18, Bob Pasky wrote:
Hi Chris,
Thanks, but the circuit is not even close. What I've got is a
totally passive circuit.
I see your point about shorting the "unused" speaker, but that's
not how mine works. My MEE switch
only has three wires going to it. The "center" wire connects to
Main, both or Echo, depending on the
switch position.
The thing is, this used to work. But the guy that installed the
kit just put the box inside the organ case,
next to the preamp. In order to connect the Leslie, you had to
leave the back of the organ off. That
looked strange, so I extended wires from the box to the pedal
case and put the 9-pin connector
where it's supposed to go. In doing so, I might have messed
something up in the kit's wiring and
haven't found the schematic for it. This is as close as I got to
the right circuit. At least, the MEE and
Tremelo switches match what I have.

-- Bob
On 1/1/2022 10:36 AM, Chris Clifton
wrote:
I'm guessing that it will be similar to this one, .
All the kits I've looked at for connecting 9-pin Leslies to
console Hammonds seem to use the same basic circuit.
When the MEE switch is set to echo, the brown and orange
wires are connected together. This effectively puts a short
circuit across the input terminals of the PR-40, muting it.
The two 820 ohm resistors, R2 & R3 isolate the G-G
terminals of the organ from the short circuit. When thinking
of MEE switching on console type organs, I find it helpful
to think in terms of the switch muting the unwanted speaker,
rather than enabling the wanted speaker.
To use a two channel Leslie with a single channel organ,
you will need a crossover between the organ and the Leslie.
These crossovers are usually built into a short piece of
tube with a 9-pin plug on one end, and a 9-pin socket on the
other. The crossover ensures that bass notes always go to
the stationary channel of the Leslie and sound through the
15" speaker, only mid to high frequencies go to the rotary
channel as the speakers of this channel can't handle low
frequencies.
On 01/01/2022 14:49, Bob Pasky
wrote:
Does anyone have schematics for this Leslie Connector:
113910 ?
It's for adapting a B-3 to a Leslie 710.
I've looked in the usual places, but haven't found this
particular model.
Barring that, can anyone tell me how the signal to the PR-40
should be terminated
when the MEE switch is set to Echo? (The PR-40 is Main, the
710 is Echo). It appears
that the Main signal just floats and I'm reading something
like 5v to Gnd. It makes an
awful "sproing" noise from the PR-40 when it's switched from
Main/Ensemble to Echo.
That can't be good for the PR-40 amp.
Thanks,
-- Bob
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