"The one interesting fact was that I actually received Hammond pay checks which led to many later rumors that I had worked for Hammond full-time. Leslie's salary was paid by the electric company directly to Hammond. When the tone generator changeover was complete, his job was finished. Leslie's "Hammond job" was temporary at best. Various schemes such as gear boxes were devised but the best remedy was to install a whole new generator." While the main concern was the necessity of new clocks and some other electrical appliances, people with Hammond Organs had real problems because their (50 cycle) organs would play at a higher pitch (when operated at 60 cycles). With Barker Brothers permission, Leslie got a second (part-time) job changing 50 cycle Hammond tone generators in customer's homes.ĭon Leslie explains, "In 1936, various areas outside the City of Los Angeles served by Edison (electric) were going through a 50 to 60 cycle change-over. He had applied for a full-time job with Hammond (at their factory agency, Birkel-Richardson), but one of his friends was hired instead. ![]() In the mid-thirties, Don Leslie was servicing Capehart radios for the Barker Brothers Department Store in Los Angeles. This persistent rumor lives on but it's not true. DON LESLIE STARTED OUT AS AN ENGINEER FOR THE HAMMOND ORGAN COMPANY BUT EITHER QUIT OR WAS FIRED WHEN HE CLASHED WITH LAURENS HAMMOND. ![]() DE GROOTSTE RODDELS OVER HAMMOND EN LESLIEġ.
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