Farfisa is a manufacturer of electronics based in Osimo, Italy, founded in 1946. The company manufactured a series of compact electronic organs in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Compact, FAST, Professional and VIP ranges, and later, a series of other keyboard instruments. They were used by a number of popular musicians including Sam the Sham, Country Joe and the Fish, Pink Floyd, Sly Stone, Blondie, and the B-52s.
Farfisa made in Ancona, Italy
Farfisa Combo Compact
Kate Pierson's Farfisa Combo Compact Deluxe
Tabs for the Combo Compact
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, or orchestral sounds, it has since developed into several types of instruments:Hammond-style organs used in pop, rock and jazz;
digital church organs, which imitate pipe organs and are used primarily in churches;
other types including combo organs, home organs, and software organs.
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