Chord organ
The chord organ is a kind of home organ that typically has a single short keyboard and a set of chord buttons, enabling the musician to play a melody or lead with one hand and accompanying chords with the other, like the accordion. Tone-wise, a chord organ is almost identical to an harmonium, accordion, or similar. It was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1950[1] (model S-6) as an electronic home organ based on vacuum-tube circuits, similar to his earlier Novachord and Solovox models. In addition to Hammond, also Wurlitzer,[2] Farfisa[3] and Estey Organ[4] made electronic chord organs.
In 1958, Magnus Organ Corporation introduced its electric chord organs, similar to electrically blown small home reed organs.[5] Since then, chord organs were generally designed as instruments for beginners, and separated from the mainstream of home electronic organs. In addition to Magnus, also Emenee,[6] Bontempi and Belcanto[citation needed] made electric chord organs.
Chord organ musicians
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- Daniel Johnston
- The Microphones/Mount Eerie
- Modest Mouse (on the album Sad Sappy Sucker)
- The Music Tapes
- Elliott Smith
- Paul Tesluk (of Johnny and the Hurricanes rock group)
- Cortney Tidwell
Chord organs have seen a recent revival amongst minimalist and ambient musicians.
References
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- ↑ Wurlitzer Model 4100 BP (1959–1963) has chord unit on lower left. See image for details.
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External links
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