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The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds.
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The Hammond organ is an electric organ, invented by Laurens...
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Laurens Hammond (January 11, 1895 – July 1, 1973) was an...
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The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens...
- List of Hammond Organs
The Hammond organ is a keyboard instrument that looks like a piano. The most common Hammond organs create sound using metal wheels and electricity. It is an electric version of a pipe organ that was invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert. It was first built in 1935.
The spinning treble horn and bass rotor gave the Hammond Organ a “tremulant”, as it’s called in the pipe organ world. Pitch-changing vibrato, volume-changing Tremolo, and a little “whoosh” of moving air all put together. It made the Hammond Organ sound completely different.
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.
