Ventilators...

Need a break from COVID-19 and intubation ventilators? You've come to the right place!
To do this correctly, I need to give you some background first.

Some time ago, I did a blog about the Hammond organ. Inside the heart of this amazing instrument is a motorized tone wheel generator. The user has drawbars that can be adjusted in or out to blend octaves and harmonics. In the beginning, Hammond used speaker cabinets similar to guitar/musical instruments. Not long after, Mr. Leslie came along with wooden louvered boxes that had revolving speakers and horns that made a wavering (coral) effect and offered it to Hammond who rejected the idea.
Leslie continued making his cabinets that caught on with Hammond owners and soon Hammond lost the sales of his speakers as everyone was buying Leslie Tone Cabinets!

A Hammond organ is literally a piece of furniture and the Leslie cabinet matches in appearance.

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The connection from the organ was special round multi-prong plug for power, audio and switching for the speed control as the Leslie had 2 speeds of rotation. The video below is a Leslie with the back panels removed so you can see the inner workings and watch how the horns speed up and slow down creating the unique sound. Notice it takes a few seconds for the rotating effect to speed up and slow down. It's one of the unique effects of the Leslie.



A generation later guitarists like Eric Clapton and David Gilmour had custom adapters so they can plug their guitars into Leslie cabinets. This led to a smaller version of the rotating speaker built into a conventional guitar amplifier appearance.

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As micro-circuits developed, companies started making add-on sound effects that simulated the revolving speaker effect so musicians didn't need to carry more amplifiers, they could simply plug their guitars into the device and get the Leslie Tone Cabinet sound.

The problem is they all sounded like simulations and didn't capture the true Leslie sound...
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Bring on the Neo Ventilator.
They have already released several versions including one that allows stereo and guitar inputs.



So there you have it.
Being on a Ventilator and not having to be hospitalized in the ICU ward!
You're bad ! scold laugh
Have you considered story telling as an outlet - You display a fair talent here and in other blogs you have written. Here you hooked the reader in with short quick title, followed by anticipatory set, clear concise arguments and closing statement. Well done.
Olde... I think I'll stick to my day job.

Oh, wait... I quit my day job!!
See you did it again - this time in an even tighter format - just 2 lines
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