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It’s been over 80 years since the world saw the first Hammond Organ, and it all started with a genius named Laurens Hammond. Laurens Hammond was born 1895, in Evanston Illinois. His mother was a unique woman, and sort of an inventor herself.
History. The Hammond organ's technology derives from the Telharmonium, an instrument created in 1897 by Thaddeus Cahill. The telharmonium used revolving electric alternators which generated tones that could be transmitted over wires.
- 1935–1975 (tonewheel models), 1967–1985 (transistor models), 1986–present (digital models)
- $1,193 (Model A, 1935), $2,745 (Model B-3, 1955)
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- Tonewheel
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Published October 1997. In these days of synths that stay in production for just a couple of years before being discontinued, respect is due to a keyboard design that's survived more than half a century of changing musical fashion and is still going strong. Hammond‑lover Rod Spark pulls out all the stops to bring you a personal organ odyssey.
In 1928, Evanston resident Laurens Hammond founded the Hammond Clock Co. His enterprise had little success until 1934, when Hammond patented an electric organ and began to manufacture the instruments. In 1936 he sold more than 1,750 of the 275-pound organs, mainly to churches and households.
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Hammond Organ Company records, 1928-1985. Descriptive Inventory for the Collection at Chicago History Museum, Research Center. By Harvey Olsen, 1998; rev. by Julie Wroblewski, 2017. Please address questions to: Chicago History Museum, Research Center. 1601 North Clark Street. Chicago, IL 60614-6038.
Feb 28, 2018 · African rhythms, ideas of sin and the Hammond organ: A brief history of gospel music’s evolution. Published: February 28, 2018 6:39am EST.
Oct 9, 2019 · Ashon Crawley, Ph.D.‘13, grew up in the Black Pentecostal church playing the Hammond organ by ear. He thought it was a sound that belonged to the black church. In fact, the sound of the organ can be traced from pre-slave trade Islam to southern delta gospel and blues.
