From bardian@usadatanet.net Sun Nov 06 10:32:29 2005
Subject:Re: Kinda OT: Company name origins

...or was it Univox...? I forget!

----- Original Message -----
> My first synthesizer was a Mini Korg. The name on it was Unicord, and it
> had a label on it that said Keio Electronics. So, it like had 3 brand
> names
> on it. Weird but fun little synth...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ed fliege"
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 1:20 PM
> Subject: [CWSG] Kinda OT: Company name origins
>
>> Quite a while back (a couple of years?) I remember a discussion about the
>> origins of some of the different gear manufacturer's
>> names, and I seem to remember that Bruce (Wahler) opined that KORG should
>> be all caps because he figured that it was an anagram (he
>> was close). It sounded good to me and I didn't give it another thought
>> (allthough I was often lazy about not writing Korg in all
>> uppercase), but I don't remember what was finally decided by the end of
>> the discussion. Then I ran across this article the other
>> day.
>>
>> http://www.rane.com/pronames.html
>>
>> (a highlight)
>> KORG Keio + Organ Founder Mr. Tsutomu Katoh, along with Mr. Tadashi
>> Osanai, started Keio Electronic Laboratories in 1962 named
>> after the nearby railroad line. They liked the name because Keio
>> (pronounced kay-oh) also represented the first initials of their
>> names. Years later when they decided to manufacture organs designed by
>> Fumio Mieda, the name was changed to Korg, a derivative of
>> Keio Organ.
>>
>> (another highlight I found interesting)
>> ROLAND Picked out of the phone book by founder Mr. Ikutaro Kakehashi in
>> 1972, becasuse it satisfied his criteria for a name that
>> was neutral sounding, not Japanese, American, or too exotic, and he liked
>> the sound.
>>
>> Most of the name origins are anagrams of technical words or the founder's
>> names, but a couple that stood out for me were 'Ampeg',
>> 'EV', and 'Motorola'. Also interesting to note that Mr. Torakusu
>> Yamaha's
>> first product was a reed organ built in 1887 - especially
>> given our recent discussion of why Yamaha doesn't have a dedicated
>> Hammond
>> Clone.
>> I would also like to point out that this is the first time I have ever
>> seen my friend Bruce be wrong about anything (and even then
>> he may have corrected his original stance later on and I just didn't
>> catch
>> it). Bruce is my 'go to' default for when I really need
>> an accurate answer, so I'm just having fun finally getting to 'learn him
>> a
>> thing or two'. ;-)
>> Finally, if you got a little surfing time to kill, take a minute to look
>> over all the great audio and technical information that the
>> Rane people have put up on their website. Search around the 'Support'
>> and
>> 'Reference' areas and I'll bet you find something that
>> could help you down the road.
>>
>> Ed Fliege
>> k2mojo@groovedaddies.com
>>
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