tonewheel — noun A mechanical apparatus which converts the spinning movement of an electric motor into electronic musical notes. Used principally in Hammond organs … Wiktionary
Hammond organ — A close up of the Hammond L 100 organ, with the drawbars in the foreground The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to… … Wikipedia
Clonewheel organ — The Hammond XB 2 recreates the sound of the vintage electromechanical Hammond organs in a much lighter, smaller keyboard that uses electronic circuits to reproduce the sound of the spinning tonewheels. Clonewheel organ is a jargon term used to… … Wikipedia
Electronic organ — Yamaha GX1, a synthesizer organ in 1970s WERSI Scala, an … Wikipedia
Bristol (software) — Bristol is an open source software synthesizer for Linux. Bristol consists of two components, the emulation or synthesis engine itself called bristol, and a graphical user interface called brighton. As of 2007 there were about 25 keyboards… … Wikipedia
Tony Banks — Anthony George Banks (East Heathly, Sussex, Inglaterra, 27 de marzo de 1950) es un músico, teclista y compositor británico de rock, fundador y miembro del famoso grupo Genesis. Contenido … Wikipedia Español
Laurens Hammond — (January 11, 1895 ndash;July 3, 1973), was an engineer and inventor. His inventions include, most famously, the Hammond organ and the Hammond clock. Youth Laurens Hammond was born in Evanston, Illinois, to William Andrew and Idea Louise Strong… … Wikipedia
Telharmonium — The Telharmonium (also known as the Dynamophone) was an early electronic musical instrument, developed by Thaddeus Cahill in 1897. [http://csunix1.lvc.edu/ snyder/em/dyna.html Dynamophone] lvc.edu, US Patent no. 580.035, registered by Thaddeus… … Wikipedia
Roland VK-7 — The Roland VK 7 is an electronic keyboard introduced in 1997 which simulates the sound of an electromechanical Hammond organ. Like other electronic musical instruments that emulate (or clone ) the sound of the electromechanical tonewheel based… … Wikipedia
Nord (Clavia) — Nord (Clavia Nord) is a Swedish virtual analog synthesizer and organ manufacturer. Nord keyboards are handmade in Sweden by Clavia DMI AB. Contents 1 The company 2 The Nord Factory 3 Products 4 … Wikipedia
