Maker
Hammond
American manufacturer of electric clocks and electromechanical organs
Hammond is an American maker founded in 1928, known for the electromechanical tonewheel organ, especially the B-3, and its association with the Leslie rotating speaker.
Models
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Hammond B-3
Organ · United States
A tonewheel drawbar organ introduced by Hammond in 1954 with two 61-note manuals, nine harmonic drawbars per manual, and a 25-note pedalboard. Played through a rotating Leslie speaker, it became a defining voice in jazz, gospel, blues, and rock.
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Hammond SK
Organ · United States
Hammond's SK line of lightweight stage keyboards built around the modeled tonewheel organ engine alongside transistor combo, classical and theatre pipe, grand piano, and modeling-synth voices. SK instruments give organ players a full drawbar organ plus a multi-engine keyboard rig in a portable chassis.
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Hammond SKX Pro
Organ · United States
The dual-manual member of Hammond's SK line, with two 61-note waterfall keyboards driving four independent sound engines: the modeled tonewheel (MTW1) organ with three sets of drawbars, transistor combo and classical/theatre pipe organ voices, grand piano samples, and a modeling synthesizer, plus a built-in digital Leslie and 11-pin Leslie connection.
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Hammond XK-1c
Organ · United States
A compact single-manual portable organ from Hammond with a 61-note waterfall keyboard and nine real drawbars. It reproduces classic tonewheel tone using VASE III digital tonewheel modeling with 96 virtual tonewheels, and adds Vox- and Farfisa-style combo voices, classical pipe voices, and a digital Leslie rotary emulation in a roughly 16-pound chassis.
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Hammond SK Pro
Organ · United States
A single-manual 61-note stage keyboard in Hammond's SK line, combining four independent sound engines: the modeled tonewheel (MTW1) organ with three sets of drawbars, transistor combo and classical/theatre pipe organ voices, high-definition grand piano samples, and a physical-modeling synthesizer, with a built-in digital Leslie.
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Hammond B-3 mk2
Organ · United States
A modern recreation of the classic Hammond B-3 that replaces the mechanical tonewheel generator with Hammond's DTW1 digital tonewheel engine and 96 voiceable digital tonewheels, while keeping two 61-note manuals, a 25-note pedalboard, and four sets of real drawbars in the size and shape of vintage Hammonds. Offered in both a traditional console cabinet and a lighter portable cabinet.
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Hammond organ
Keyboard
The Hammond organ is an electromechanical keyboard instrument introduced by Laurens Hammond in 1935. It generates sound with spinning tonewheels and lets players blend harmonics using drawbars; paired with a rotating Leslie speaker, the Hammond (especially the B-3) became central to jazz, gospel, blues, and rock.
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Hammond XK-5
Organ · United States
A modern single-manual portable organ from Hammond that digitally recreates the classic tonewheel generator. It uses a 61-note waterfall keyboard and a full set of nine drawbars to reproduce vintage Hammond tone.
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Hammond XK
Organ · United States
Hammond's line of single-manual portable drawbar organs that digitally recreate the classic tonewheel generator. XK models pair waterfall keyboards with full sets of harmonic drawbars and digital Leslie emulation, giving stage players vintage Hammond tone in a lightweight instrument.
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Hammond C-3
Organ · United States
A tonewheel drawbar organ that shares the B-3's tone-generating circuitry but is housed in an enclosed church-style console. Like the B-3 it carries two 61-note manuals, nine drawbars per manual, and a 25-note pedalboard.
Sources
Categories
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Organs
Acoustic, electric, and electronic organs and organ model families.
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Keyboard Instruments
Instruments organized around keyboard interfaces, including pianos and keyboard synthesizers.
Representative model
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Hammond organ
Keyboard
The Hammond organ is an electromechanical keyboard instrument introduced by Laurens Hammond in 1935. It generates sound with spinning tonewheels and lets players blend harmonics using drawbars; paired with a rotating Leslie speaker, the Hammond (especially the B-3) became central to jazz, gospel, blues, and rock.