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Internals of an RT-3 with built-in amp and speakers E: 1937–1949 [19] The first Hammond Organ with a 32-note American Guild of Organists (AGO) pedalboard. Also included toe pistons, a Great to Pedal coupler and separate Expression Pedals for Swell and Great Manuals. E-100: 1965–1970 [20]
Hammond organ manuals and pedalboards were originally manufactured with solid palladium alloy wire to ensure a high-quality electrical connection when pressing a key. [16] This design was discontinued with the introduction of the transistor organ. This means tonewheel organs have between 3.2 and 8.4 grams of palladium, depending on make and ...
A Hammond C-3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert. The instrument was first manufactured in 1935. It has two manuals along with a set of bass pedals. A variety of models have been produced. The most popular is the B-3, produced between 1954 and 1974. The instrument was designed to replace the pipe organ in churches, and early adopters ...
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert [6] and first manufactured in 1935. [7] Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds.
Hammond organs differ from pipe organs in that pipe organs can only pull a stop out (that is, turn on a stop) or push it in (turning off this stop); in contrast, Hammond organs typically have drawbars, so that the player can control how much of each "pipe rank" (e.g., 16 ft, 8 ft, 4 ft 2 ft, etc.) they wish to use. Synthesizers can program ...
One-touch chords (Hammond S-6 Chord Organ in 1950) Automatic Orchestra Control (Lowrey organ in 1963) [28] — turns a single note (on upper manual) into a full chord (designated on lower manual). [30] Autochord (Hammond Piper in 1970, Lowrey Magic Genie in c.1975) Automatic walking bass (Gulbransen [27]) Arpeggiator (Hammond organ, [31] etc.)
Since 1967, Hammond Organ Company distributed Rhythm Ace under Hammond brand. Hammond Auto-Vari 64 (based on Roland Rhythm 77) [A][H] Ace Tone model also shipped from Hammond. Ace Tone FR-2L ⇒ Hammond Auto (1972) [Media 16] Ace Tone FR-3 ⇒ Hammond Rhythm 2 [Media 16] [R][H] Hammond shipped far improved model based on Roland's improved model.
Leslie learned about mechanics, electronics, and radios while working various jobs, and by the mid-1930s he was working at Barker Bros. in Los Angeles as a radio service engineer. Barker Bros. sold and repaired the newly-introduced Hammond organs, and Leslie bought one in 1937, hoping it would be a suitable substitute for a pipe organ.