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The Chord Organ was first introduced by the Hammond Organ Company in 1950. It was invented primarily by John M. Hanert, who was Hammond's primary musical engineer at the time. He had previously developed the Novachord and Solovox , two instruments which used vacuum-tube circuitry rather than tone or phonic wheels to generate the tones as in a ...
Chord Organ 1950–1966 [44] First chord organ. Its "easy to play" [45] style initiated a new market segment leading to today's home keyboard market. [46] The S series Chord Organ can be played via following interfaces: [44] 37-note keyboard for solo or chords; 96-chord buttons (12-semitones × 8-chords variation) for chords
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.
The Hammond organ was the first successful electric organ, released in the 1930s. It used mechanical, rotating tonewheels to produce the sound waveforms. Its system of drawbars allowed for setting volumes for specific sounds, and it provided vibrato-like effects. The drawbars allow the player to choose volume levels.
Emerson acquired his first Hammond organ, an L-100 model, at the age of 15 or 16, on hire purchase and a loan from his father. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] He had saved money to buy a Bird electric organ with built-in speakers on each side, but then spotted a Hammond in the shop and thought it was a better purchase. [ 17 ]
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.)
Milton Brent Buckner (July 10, 1915 – July 27, 1977) [2] was an American jazz pianist and organist, who in the early 1950s popularized the Hammond organ. [3] He pioneered the parallel chords style [4] that influenced Red Garland, George Shearing, Bill Evans, and Oscar Peterson. Buckner's brother, Ted Buckner, was a jazz saxophonist.
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 ...