Hammond Times Obituaries

Hammond Manufacturing is a leading manufacturer of industrial enclosures, electronic enclosures, racks & rack cabinets, transformers, outlet strips and climate control products.

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The Hammond Organ was invented in 1934 by Laurens Hammond in Evanston, Illinois USA. Five years later Donald Leslie invented the Leslie Speaker in Pasadena California USA, and thus the legends were born.

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The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, [6] first manufactured in 1935. [7] Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds.

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Notable local landmarks include the parkland around Wolf Lake and the Horseshoe Hammond riverboat casino. Part of the Rust Belt, Hammond has been industrial almost from its inception, but is also home to a campus of Purdue University and numerous historic districts.

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The XK-7D and XK-7’s “6L Keyboard” faithfully reproduces the unique playing feel of classic Hammond multi-contact keys, achieving the closest response yet to that of a vintage HAMMOND organ.

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After the Hammond Organ Company ceased trading in 1985, production initially went to Noel Crabbe's Hammond Organ Australia, and then to Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation, who, under the name Hammond-Suzuki, manufacture digital organs.

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