Monday, October 30, 2006

Larry Hammond's Music Machine


The Laurens Hammond story needs to be told. Over a hundred patents. A tickless clock, automatic transmission, the Hammond organ. The pipe organ people got so sore because the Hammond was killing their business that they got the Federal Trade Commision involved. His greatest idea may have been the Novachord, an astounding synthesizer decades ahead of its time. What a tale. What a guy.

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