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In its beginning, Central Music represented the Wurlitzer brand of home organs and pianos for the Tampa Bay area of Florida. Shortly after its founding, Central Music also became the dealer for Rodgers Instruments to serve the musical needs of the area's churches. One of the most popular organs found in churches and homes alike is the Rodgers ...
The company started producing electric organs (home-organs, neon tonewheel organs, church organs, etc.) since the late 1960s. Many of these organs were marketed in the US and UK with different brands, such as Baldwin, Vox and Fujiha. In the 2000s the company launched new products and brands and developed new technologies, some of which are ...
Eminent UK — Designer of British organs and exclusive distributor of the Eminent brand. Based in Wincanton. Kentucky (a small company based out of Poole, Dorset headed by Ken Tuck. They made three organs in the range, the Challenger, Explorer and Adventurer) Maestrovox; Makin Organs — Shaw (now part of ChurchOrganWorld) Wyvern Organs ...
Unfortunately, the spectacular suites aren't exactly budget friendly -- staying at one of the heavenly properties, which are located in Montego Bay, Jamaica, will set you back about $4,000 per night.
Residence organs in the 1930s grew to encompass an even wider range of instruments with the advent of the electronic organ and (later) the analogue synthesizer as home organs. There has been a "purist" backlash against these; and even today one can find companies that will build "real" (i.e. not electronic) residential organs, customized for ...
Johannus Orgelbouw is a Dutch builder of electronic organs for home and church use, located in Ede, Netherlands. The organ manufacturer was founded in 1968 by Johannes (Hans) Versteegt (1928–2011), who had previously designed electronic organs for Eminent and Viscount. The Johannus prototypes were developed in the facility at Prins ...
A combo organ, so-named and classified by popular culture due to its original intended use by small, touring jazz, pop and dance groups known as "combo bands", as well as some models having "Combo" as part of their brand or model names, is an electronic organ of the frequency divider type, generally produced between the early 1960s and the late 1970s.
At the 1979 centennial of the organ, the Organ Historical Society cited the instrument as having "particular historical" merit. With the exception of an electric blower, the instrument is almost completely as originally installed. A Complete list of organs built by E & G. G. Hook & Hastings has been published by the Organ Historical Society. [5]