Cordovox (Leslie) - Video
PUBLISHED:  Nov 01, 2011
DESCRIPTION:
Cordovox made accordions that were actually analog synthesizers. Their main cabinets had hundreds of vacuum tubes in the tone generator and a 40-watt amp with two 12" speakers. There was also a rotary speaker cabinet that contained the same mechanism as the Vibratone. But the early Cordovox Leslie cabinets (CL-10) were much smaller -- only about half the height of the Vibratone. This translates into a speaker with the same function as a Vibratone, but much less bulk. (Later, larger, Cordovox cabs were rebadged Vibratones, however.)

The Cordovox CL-10 appears to have exactly the same internals as the built-in Leslie units produced for home organs -- foam rotor, 8" Jensen speaker, two speeds. Cordovox just stuck them in their own cases and sent them out the door. Other models had different speakers, but they were probably drop-in units as well. The CL-10 control harness is just an on-off switch for the speaker. The fast/slow switch is a rocker on the top of the cabinet.

The larger CL-20 CL-30 had two- or three-button footswitches and a 10" speaker -- basically, a Vibratone with a Cordovox badge.
Also sold by Traynor as a keyboard cab.
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