Chord organ

The chord organ is a kind of home organ with a 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. It was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1950 as an electronic home organ based on vacuum-tube circuits similar to the Novachord and Solovox. Also Wurlitzer, Farfisa and Estey Organ made some professional chord organs.. In the 1960s, Magnus Harmoni... More

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