1955 - The Hammond Organ - An old Promotional film.
Published 2021-07-26
All Comments (21)
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Each of the tone wheels in a Hammond organ actually produces a sine wave tone, there are about 91 tone wheels in a Hammond organ, when you mix any of the 9 available harmonics via the 9 drawbars for either of the keyboards, you're actually doing an early form of additive synthesis that pre-dates the additive synthesis of the Yamaha DX 7 Digital FM Synthesizer.
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having been at the old hammond factory in chicago, i can tell you, they never thought the b3 would be used in rock or jazz the way it became...
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"Be Still My Soul", played in the final church scene, remains my favorite hymn from my little Presbyterian church. Thanks so much!
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what a classic treasure this film is!!! Beautiful- and 32' FOOT PITCH ON A HAMMOND ORGAN!!? Those were rare!!!!
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I love hearing any musical instrument, but there’s something about the Hammond Organ that fills my soul with joy.
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This film is quite a treasure.
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I have a C3 in my home. Great video.
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I love watching films like this where these actors are probably local in radio who're just trying to get the lines read. Breaks the stifling patina over big 50's media.
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Every Hammond enthusiast should know about the original tonewheel organ - the Telharmonium, invented by Thaddeus Cahill in 1896. The difference is that the tonewheels were actually individual AC generators, because there was no amplifier. The second version weigher 200 tons, No recordings exist. The last one was scrapped in 1962. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telharmonium.
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The exterior is the Edgebrook Lutheran church in Chicago. It's still there
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what a wonderful organ indeed. I also used the hammond for many years. It is truly amazing!
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This is absolute gold. I love the Hammond organ and long to learn to play. I've have knowledge of this great instrument, and love this piece of nostalgia and Americana.
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This organ was built for all generations and the body of the organ is timeless and will never go out of style
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What a beautiful sounding organ!
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Thank you for sharing this treasure!👍🏽
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When my kids were little my youngest lad, about 8 at thr time went with me to bring donations to our nearest charity shop, they had in stock an old Hammond organ from a local church that was having renivations and didn;'t want it. We paid less than 100 for it and carted it home, wrangled it into his bedroom and it started righ up. He even learned a few chords and played it constantly. My daughter who had the next room complained it was like living in a funeral home.
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That was a wonderful piece of gold! I am an Hammond organ fanatic! I had an M3 and dreamed of having a C3 like on this archives.
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I have a 1954 Hammond RT2 with a Leslie and two Hammond tone cabinets and I love it!!!
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35,000 churches that aided in promoting the idea the only sound an organ makes is the sleepy, "Funeral Parlor" sound.
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I own a 1956 Hammond M3 and it's absolutely fantastic sounding.
