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Mar 28, 2012 · Its sustained sound added a new dimension to jazz and blues. Before the Hammond organ, jazz and blues bands could not use acoustic pipe organs because virtually all pipe organs were installed in churches and orchestra concert halls, places that jazz and blues bands were not able to rehearse or play.
- The Hammond organ is what is called an analog additive synthesizer (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_synthesis ) and it works by adding t...
- The Hammond B3 is by far the Blues organist's instrument of choice. Why? Hammond organ is the first electronic organ that uses "mechanical tonewhee...
- A few points that I think need to be added, as they may well be the overwhelming factors in answering the "what's special about a Hammond." First,...
- I have to disagree with all of the answers I read here since Hammond organs are not , I repeat not electronic instruments. While electronic a...
- One part of the distinctive Hammond organ sound in rock/jazz is the use of a Leslie speaker cabinet. In my opinion, it is also the reason that Ham...
- I think all the comments here are useful and accurate; I'd like to add one from the standpoint of pure timbral analysis . The B3 has a distinctive...
- one of the very early considerations that led to many clubs getting their own, or an act carrying its own, was the fact that they did not require...
In this three part series of interviews with Cliff Unruh, we are going to talk about inventor Laurens Hammond and how the Hammond Organ Company came about, how the Hammond works from a simplified technical standpoint, and how the mechanical design shapes the sound characteristics that make the Hammond so iconic.
If a room has a dead acoustic, he can conveniently brighten the sound with a clone. He feels that “the bass on the clone is a little more solid, stronger.” And in the event of a breakdown, it’s easier to get replacement parts for a clone; the Hammond Organ Company stopped producing the B-3 in 1975.
Jun 29, 2022 · The Leslie utilizes the Doppler effect to create its pulsating sound. The horns and drum typically spin at different speeds from each other. A look inside of a Leslie reveals the horn on top, the drum at the bottom and the power amp on the bottom left. By Hustvedt - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0.
May 16, 2023 · The Hammond was one of the first mass-produced musical instruments which combined the electrical, mechanical and acoustic worlds—it is a keyboard instrument that could produce totally new sounds, and at the same time "imitate" other acoustic instruments.
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Jul 1, 2012 · I have several recordings, most of them live, of Hammond organs (more than likely all B3 and I suppose through a Leslie) and I can't help but notice how outstanding that instrument sounds with my current rig.
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Jan 10, 2024 · “The Hammond became the supreme organ of the rock era because its big, fat, all-guns-blazing sound could compete with an electric guitar,” according to Paul McCartney’s long-serving keyboard...
