From bardian@usadatanet.net Sun Nov 06 10:34:51 2005
Subject:Re: Kinda OT: Company name origins

Yeah, I think it was Univox!

----- Original Message -----
> ...or was it Univox...? I forget!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry"
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 1:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [CWSG] Kinda OT: Company name origins
>
>> 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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