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There ain't no justice. Entertainement is more honored than the healing arts. Long before there were any sound effects,
a urologist named Foley created a latex catheter that brought blessed relief to thousands of men suffering from inability to void until his device, containing a urological sound was passed through his urethra into the bladder, so that a baloon at its tip could be inflated, to keep it in place. I still remember the first time I heard that sound mentioned. A urologist spoke of passing a sound up the male urethra, and an ex-jock nest to me nudged me and whispered:
"Hey, it this old bastard joking?" I had trouble maintaining a straight face, with ludicrous a visual image of the lecturer, with the tip of the penis between his lips, going:"Tweeeeeee...."
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It's also a rotating type of speaker used by rock bands. Anybody got any other candidates for most eponyms?
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rotating type of speaker
nah, that's a Leslie. usually paired with a Hammond B3 organ...
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Seriously, cygne, thanks for the correction. I think I misread the scribbled note in my Junk Drawer Memory®. I'll try to rewrite it a little more clearly.
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hehe.  I've a junk drawer like that, too! except mine seems often to be written in a foreign language. like Latin. 
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Confusing one word for another is easy enough but the mix up between a rock band and a hammond organ?!?!? 
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I learned about these speakers in a bar from members of a rock band, which rock band used these speakers.
So there
Pblblblblblblffft!
Or either, maybe they *were foleys.
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Zed, lots of rock bands, especially during the 70's, used Hammond B3's, with Leslie speakers. now, they're coming back in vogue, but they are a bear to lug around! Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer was one famous B3 user. in a Leslie speaker cabinet, the horn speaker actually rotated, giving it it's distinctive sound. http://b3world.com/leslie.html
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