From claire_trikes_aust@iprimus.com.au Tue Jul 06 01:14:33 2004
Subject:Re: The original vs. state of the art

This has been an interesting thread. There is no doubt that Hammond and his team were excellent engineers. There is also no doubt that the Hammond becoming as popular as it has is somewhat of an accident.

To support this point of view please go to :
http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/

(This is a fantastic site).

Right there in the middle of the list is "Hammond Organ" 1935. Similar to very many others (and in some ways not even as innovative !).

I especially liked the "Celluphone" (not to be confused with your cellphone !) that reads like it is very similar in principle of operation to the Hammond but used disks with slots that were read with a phototube. The number of slots set the pitch (like the Hammond) but you could change the shape of the slots to vary the harmonic structure. Nifty !.

Anyway this site makes great reading. We owe a debt of gratitude to all of these innovators and engineers.

Best regards,
Claire
Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: goff747@aol.com
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Re: The original vs. state of the art

In a message dated 7/6/04 11:10:24 AM, mate_stubb@yahoo.com writes:

<< Laurens Hammond would have created something that

we would ignore. >>

and all this from a clock maker...

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