How do hammond organs work?
Hammond organs were first popular in the 1950s and 1960s. They are enjoying a renaissance today in jazz, rock, popular and gospel music. Vintage Hammonds are coveted for their unique sound.Parts of the OrganThe typical Hammond organ has two 61-key keyboards (manuals), two octaves of bass pedals, a volume pedal and a complex machine inside its console which is controlled by the player.The DrawbarsThe Hammond organ has two sets of nine sliding draw bars for each manual, plus two pedal draw bars. Each draw bar has eight possible positions that the player mixes and matches to create sounds. They are labeled to correspond to the lengths of pipes connected to pipe organs.HarmonicsThe draw bars represent the harmonics that combine to make up a sound wave, and they are manipulated to copy the sounds of other musical instruments. The basic sine wave, or fundamental, is altered by consonants (the white and brown draw bars) and dissonants (the black draw bars).PresetsThe organist can save tempora
