Hammond organ

E478147
electric organ electromechanical musical instrument keyboard instrument

The Hammond organ is an electric keyboard instrument known for its distinctive, warm, and swirling tone, widely used in jazz, rock, gospel, and blues music.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Hammond B-3 organ 3

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electric organ ⓘ
electromechanical musical instrument ⓘ
keyboard instrument ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedAs pipe organ substitute ⓘ
developedBy Hammond Organ Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponent chorus-vibrato control ⓘ
drawbar presets ⓘ
drawbars ⓘ
expression pedal ⓘ
external speaker output ⓘ
internal loudspeaker ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
pedalboard ⓘ
percussion circuit ⓘ
preamp ⓘ
tonewheel generator ⓘ
vibrato scanner ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature chorus-vibrato modulation ⓘ
drawbar-controlled additive synthesis ⓘ
glissando-friendly waterfall keys ⓘ
harmonic drawbars ⓘ
key click noise ⓘ
percussion effect ⓘ
warm swirling tone ⓘ
hasGenreUsage blues ⓘ
funk ⓘ
gospel ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasKeyboardCount two manuals in classic models ⓘ
hasNotableModel Hammond A-100 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hammond B-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hammond C-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hammond L-100 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hammond M-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPedalboardRange 25-note pedalboard in many models ⓘ
hasPlayingTechnique drawbar manipulation during performance ⓘ
palm glissando ⓘ
smears ⓘ
hasSuccessorTechnology digital Hammond clones ⓘ
hasTypicalAccessory Leslie speaker ⓘ
influenced modern digital clonewheel organs ⓘ
introducedInYear 1935 ⓘ
inventedBy Laurens Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ
isAssociatedWithBrand Hammond Suzuki ⓘ
usedInContext church music ⓘ
live performance ⓘ
recording studios ⓘ
usesTechnology electromagnetic pickup ⓘ
tonewheel ⓘ
transistor amplification ⓘ
vacuum tube amplification ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benmont Tench → instrument → Hammond organ ⓘ
Cory Henry → instrument → Hammond organ ⓘ
Gregg Allman → instrument → Hammond organ ⓘ
Jack McDuff → instrument → Hammond organ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hammond B-3 organ
Jimmy Smith → instrument → Hammond organ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hammond B-3 organ
Milt Buckner → instrument → Hammond organ ⓘ
Soul music → instrument → Hammond organ ⓘ
Milt Buckner → usedInstrument → Hammond organ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hammond B-3 organ