Electronic organ

An electronic organ is an electronic keyboard instrument which was influenced from harmonium, or pipe organ and theatre organ. In early days, it was designed to imitate the sound of a pipe organ, theatre organ, band sounds, or orchestral sounds. Today, it has developed into three or more forms of the instrument; the Hammond organ-style instrument used in popular music genre; the digital church organ that imitates a pipe organ for classical music ... more
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