Hammond Organs

[Irish_Scorpion]

What are they? Who made them popular? Whats the rage with em?

[Manky_phish]

edit: and did one company make them? are they still in production?

Hammond made em. Hence the name "Hammond". Invented by Laurens Hammond in 1935. Heaps of people have used them. Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple. The list goes on...

[Firecracker]

They were the first type of electric organ weren't they. Used by some classical composers. Or Late Romantic/Impressionism.

I might be completely wrong.

[miku]

It's all about that B3 leslie tremolo. :naughty:

[pinkyeti]

They're also very popular with jazz musicians. Check out Jimmy Smith.