Hammond organ
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The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds
A Hammond C-3 organ
The two manuals of the Hammond B-2
Unlike an American Guild of Organists pedalboard, a console Hammond normally has 25 pedals.
Preset keys on a Hammond organ are reverse-colored and sit to the left of the manuals
Leslie speaker
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The Leslie speaker is a combined amplifier and loudspeaker that modifies the sound of an electric musical instrument by rotating a baffle chamber in front of the loudspeaker. A similar effect is provi
Hammond organ
…rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic pickup, and amplifying the electric signal into a speaker cabinet. The organ is commonly used with the Leslie speaker. Around two million Hammond organs have been manufactured. The organ was originally marketed by the Hammond Organ Company to churches as a lower-cost…
A Leslie speaker in a clear plastic cabinet
Identification plate with the slogan "Pipe Voice of the Electric Organ"
The half-moon switch on a Hammond organ that changes setting on the Leslie speaker between "chorale" and "tremolo"
A Leslie 122 speaker