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Electric organ
Electronic keyboard instrument / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the organ found in electric fish, see Electric organ (biology). For pipe organs activated by electricity, see Pipe organ § Action.
An electric organ, also known as electronic organ, is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Originally designed to imitate their sound, or orchestral sounds, it has since developed into several types of instruments:
- Hammond-style organs used in pop, rock and jazz;
- digital church organs, which imitate pipe organs and are used primarily in churches;
- other types including combo organs, home organs, and software organs.
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Yamaha GX-1, an early polyphonic synthesizer organ in the 1970s
WERSI Scala, an open architecture software organ platform in 2002
Rodgers Trillium organ custom three-manual console on a church.
right top: a sound module for extra pipe and orchestral sounds.
left top: a laptop PC for sequencing the organ.
right top: a sound module for extra pipe and orchestral sounds.
left top: a laptop PC for sequencing the organ.