Electronic Organ Facts
Electronic Organ Facts
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| In 1936 the Robb Wave Organ, created by Morse Robb, began to be sold after 13 years in development. It was marketed until 1941. |
| In the 1932 the Rangertone was released by Richard Ranger. |
| Between 1935 and 1975 the Hammond Organ was sold, created by John Hanert and Laurens Hammond. |
| In Germany between 1935 and 1940 the Lichtton Orgel was marketed. |
| The Hammond electronic organ almost completely replaced the reed organ in the marketplace. |
| Electronic organs used rapidly spinning tonewheels (magnetic wheels) to create sound instead of reeds and pipes like the pipe organs and reed organs before it. |
| Electronic organs gained popularity in several music genres including rock, pop, jazz and gospel. |
| Bands that incorporated the electronic organ in the beginning included Deep Purple, Booker T & the MGs, and Emerson, Lake and Palmer. |
| The console organ - an early electronic organ model from the 1930s - was large and cost a fair amount of money - and resembled the pipe organ in appearance. They were common as practice instruments in colleges for students and as home practice instruments for church organists. |
| Between 1940 and 1970 several electronic home models emerged including the Hammond S-6 Chord Organ in 1950, the Wurlitzer Sideman in 1959, the Thomas Organ, the Gulbransen, the Hammond organ, and the Hammond Piper in 1970. |
| The early features of the electronic organ models between 1950 and 1970 included one-touch chords, electronic rhythm, repeat percussion, automatic walking bass, autochord and tape players. |
| Electronic organs after World War II were referred to as spinet organs because of their configuration. The spinet organ resembled a piano and was easier to learn and cheaper to manufacture. |
| The chord organ emerged after the spinet organ and was even easier to play than the spinet organ. The chord organs in the 1950s used vacuum-tube technology. |
| In 1957 the transistor organs emerged and in the 1960s combo organs appeared. |
| Electronic organs were used by a variety of musicians and bands in the 1960s including Iron Butterfly, The Doors, Bob Dylan, and Lawrence Welk, and in styles ranging from acid rock to gospel music. |
| In the 1970s the synthesizer electronic organs and digital organs began to appear in the marketplace, followed by more modern digital organs in the 1980s. |
| Software organs were introduced in the 1990s with computer technology. The software allows home musicians to create music that sounds like commercially made digital organs. |
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