I was not a Hammond man. In my earlier years I only saw Wurlitzer as the only organ to own. Hammond didn't have a synthesizer and need to work in the word "synth" so they came up with "drawbar synthesis" claiming it was better than any other synth you could own. As I remember it  253,000,000 sounds..... I remember "Hammond and their drawbacks"

Well I grew up quickly when I started selling them in the 80's and then in my own business . Then we started losing large American brands like Thomas, Conn, Kimball, Wurlitzer and others. Eventually Hammond America was lost too, first to an Australian company, then to Suzuki in Japan.

My Hammond collection is now larger than my Wurlitzer ranging from the 1963 C3 though to a 2003 Suzuki Hammond.

Select a Hammond organ below to view

Hammond C3 1963

Hammond H300 1970

Hammond X66 with 12-77 cabinets 1967
 

Hammond 2307M Concord 1977

Hammond 232222K Aurora Classic 1983

Hammond 340222 Elegante 1981
 

Hammond X5 1975

Hammond XE-1 2003

Hammond HR 40 & 12-77 speaker cabinets
 

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Hammond History                          

In 1928 Laurens Hammond perfected his electric clock and founded the Hammond Clock Company; the company name was changed to the Hammond Instrument Company in 1937, later (1953) becoming the Hammond Organ Company. Although he was not a musician, Hammond became fascinated early in 1933 with the sounds emanating from the phonograph turntables in his laboratory. He and his engineers began to explore the possibilities of producing conventional musical tones by electric synthesis. By the end of 1934 he had designed and built an instrument with 91 small tonewheel generators (rotated by means of his synchronous motor), with harmonic drawbars placed above the keyboard to permit the mixture of millions of different tones.

Hammond History Video

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