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The Hammond organ is an electric organ, invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert [1] and first manufactured in 1935. [2] Various models were produced, which originally used tonewheels to generate sound via additive synthesis , where component waveform ratios are mixed by sliding switches called drawbars and imitate the pipe organ's registers.
The sale includes some 650 items dating back to the 1950s including stage-played instruments, stage-worn clothing, touring gear, awards, memorabilia, paintings, jewelry, furniture and personal ...
Console Hammond organs such as the B-3 require two switches: "Start" to drive the starter motor and "Run" to drive the main tonewheel generator. Before a Hammond organ can produce sound, the motor that drives the tonewheels must come up to speed. On most models, starting a Hammond organ involves two switches.
Hammond did finally manage to save his company in 1931 with a $75,000.00 contract from the Postal Telegraph Company, for putting their company name on large electric wall clocks. These clocks were to replace old key-wind clocks in railroad stations. What further saved the company was his invention of the Hammond organ. His first model, the ...
An electric organ, also known as electronic organ, is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Originally designed to imitate their sound, or orchestral sounds, it has since developed into several types of instruments: Hammond-style organs used in pop, rock and jazz;
A Stagea line-up product mainly used for children and students in Electone courses. The ELB-01K version came out later in 2006. 2007 — D-Deck (DDK-7) Another Stagea line-up product, but more compact, and mostly used for concerts. It was designed as a combo organ, similar to the Hammond Portable B-3. 2009 — ELS-01U / ELS-01CU / ELS-01XU
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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.