Clonewheel organ
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A clonewheel organ is an electronic musical instrument that emulates the sound of the electromechanical tonewheel-based organs formerly manufactured by Hammond from the 1930s to the 1970s. Clonewheel
The Hammond XB-2 recreates the sound of the vintage electromechanical Hammond organs in a much lighter, smaller keyboard that uses electronic circuits to reproduce the sound of the spinning tonewheels.
Typical tonewheel organ and rotating speaker (Hammond B3 & Leslie).
Korg CX-3 (1980) According to journalist Gordon Reid, it "came close to emulating the true depth and passion of a vintage Hammond."
The NordElectro2 reproduces the sound of the Hammond organ and several other electromechanical instruments. Unlike most "clonewheel" instruments, the Nord does not have sliding drawbars. Instead, the player presses buttons which light up a row of LEDs to indicate the drawbar setting.
Electric organ
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An electric organ, also known as electronic organ, is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Originally designed to imitate their sound,
WERSI Scala, an open architecture software organ platform in 2002
Rodgers Trillium organ custom three-manual console on a church. right top: a sound module for extra pipe and orchestral sounds. left top: a laptop PC for sequencing the organ.
Telharmonium console by Thaddeus Cahill, 1897.
Tonewheels