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- DictionaryHam·mond or·gan/ˌhamənd ˈôrɡən/
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- 1. a type of electronic organ. trademark
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The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert [6] and first manufactured in 1935. [7] Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated sound by creating an electric current from rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic ...
- 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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THE HAMMOND STORY. LAURENS HAMMOND. 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. His father was a banker, whose job afforded the Hammonds an ...
Nov 2, 2009 · Although Laurens was initially aghast at the pairing, it was the combination of the Leslie speaker and the Hammond that gave 1960s jazz and rock its overdriven, scrambled organ tone. Production of ...
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Sep 1, 2023 · Cory Henry. Cory Henry is undoubtedly one of the finest keyboard players alive today. After tearing it up on the KingKORG with his former experimental jazz outfit Snarky Puppy, he’s now usually playing his heart out on the Hammond B3. A child prodigy, Henry was playing both the piano and organ by the age of two, making his debut at the Apollo ...
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Other articles where Hammond organ is discussed: electronic organ: …the electronic organs is the Hammond organ, a sophisticated instrument having two manuals, or keyboards, and a set of pedals operated by the feet. It was patented by its American inventor Laurens Hammond in 1934. Unlike most other instruments of its type, it produces its sound through a complex set…
Nov 30, 2015 · The Hammond organ is commonly played through a Leslie speaker, a rotating speaker that produces a Doppler-like effect. Originally, Laurens Hammond and Donald Leslie ran separate companies; Hammond had a very particular idea as to how an organ should sound and refused to manufacture Hammond organs to be compatible with Leslie speakers.
