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  2. Electric organ - Wikipedia

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    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;

  3. Telharmonium - Wikipedia

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    The Telharmonium (also known as the Dynamophone [1]) was an early electrical organ, developed by Thaddeus Cahill c. 1896 and patented in 1897. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The electrical signal from the Telharmonium was transmitted over wires; it was heard on the receiving end by means of " horn " speakers.

  4. Organ (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, the organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means (generally woodwind or electric) for producing tones. The organs have usually two or three, up to five, manuals for playing with the hands and a pedalboard for playing with the feet. With the use of registers, several groups of pipes can be connected to ...

  5. History of home keyboards - Wikipedia

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    Many home organs maintained the appearance but lost some weight due to the lower power consumption needs of transistor circuitry. Also in this era 'combo organs' found a lot of use like the famous Vox Continental used by the Beatles and others, the Gibson G101 used by The Doors, and other organs by Farfisa, Wurlitzer, Acetone (Roland) and others.

  6. Hammond organ - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Why the Organ At Baseball Games? - AOL

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    "You get the first sound of the organ, the smell of the popcorn and you know for the next three hours that a bad day at the ballpark is still better than a good day at work," said Hartig. Show ...

  8. Robb Wave Organ - Wikipedia

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    Evidence from one organ reviewer, William Barnes, shows that he much preferred the attack of the notes on the Robb Wave Organ to that of a Hammond or an Orgatron (another electronic organ of the time, one that used reeds instead of tone wheels.) Barnes wrote, "I gained the impression that the "attack" of the tone was much more like that of an ...

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