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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.
Once a fixture in American churches, the Hammond's soulful sound can be heard soaring through gospel, jazz, psychedelia and garage rock.
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Was Hammond organ used in jazz & blues?
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Why do Hammond organs have drawbars?
The classic jazz organ setting (as used by Hammond supremo Jimmy Smith) is obtained by pulling out the first three drawbars and flicking the percussion switches for soft volume, third harmonic and fast decay. For the classic Hammond track 'Green Onions', Booker T used the same setting, but with the fourth drawbar pulled out too.
What music style is Hammond organ? The Hammond has been used in many genres of music from rock to jazz to reggae. Since its inception, almost two million Hammonds have been manufactured.
Mar 28, 2012 · The Hammond organ (or more often, emulations of its sounds using newer technology) remains the distinctive instrument for certain styles of music to this day, even though the original electro-mechanical rotary-tone-wheel Hammond organs ceased to be manufactured altogether in 1974.
- 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...
Feb 1, 2011 · Once upon a time the B3 organ was the king of the non-acoustic keyboard roost. It was the electric keyboard sound in many styles of music. The thick growl of the B3 generated by its tone wheel system (more on that later) set the standard of excellence.
Nov 12, 2013 · Musicians who play the Hammond B-3 — the electric organ found most often in jazz, soul and gospel — can forget about traveling light. The instrument weighs in at around 425 pounds and moving it...
