Basic information
The Hammond organ is an electromechanical keyboard musical instrument that is an electric organ.
Hammond organ
Modern digital signal processing and sampling technologies make it possible to accurately reproduce the original sound of Hammond instruments. There are also a number of electronic organs and synthesizers that qualitatively emulate the Hammond organ.
However, players appreciate Hammond's original electromechanical instruments for their special feel and feel. Hammond organs are still in great demand among musicians today.
Origin, history
The Hammond organ was designed and built by Lawrence Hammond in April 1935.
Hammond organs were originally sold to churches as an inexpensive alternative to pipe organs, but the instrument was often used in blues and jazz, as well as in rock and roll (1960s and 1970s) and gospel.
The Hammond organ gained wide popularity in military ensembles during the Second World War, as well as in the post-war years.
Device
To simulate the sounds of a pipe organ having rows of pipes in multiple registers, the Hammond Organ used additive synthesis of an audio signal from a harmonic series. This technological solution is reminiscent of the early models of Thaddeus Cahill's Telharmonium, where each individual signal was created by a
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Later models of instruments also had an electromechanical vibrato. The characteristic "click", which was originally more of a design flaw, quickly became part of the Hammond organ's signature sound. This feature is taken into account when creating modern copies of original instruments. At the same time, the exact imitation of the sound of a Hammond organ based on electronic circuits is quite complicated, since in this way it is only with difficulty that it is possible to accurately reproduce the changes in the phase relationship between the phonic