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Laurens Hammond
American engineer and inventor (1895–1973)
Laurens Hammond (January 11, 1895 – July 1, 1973) was an American engineer and inventor. His inventions include the Hammond organ, the Hammond clock, and the world's first polyphonic musical synthesizer, the Novachord.
Youth
[edit]Laurens Hammond was born in Evanston, Illinois, on January 11, 1895[1] to William Andrew and Idea Louise Strong Hammond.[2] Laurens showed his great technical prowess from an early age. His father, William, took his own life in January 1897, ostensibly due to failure of the First National Bank of Illinois, which he had founded. Upon her husband's death, Idea, who was an artist, relocated to France with Laurens to further her studies, and the family spent the next eleven years in France and Germany.[2]
Early inventions
[edit]When the family returned to Evanston in 1909, Laurens, then 14, was fluent in French and German.[2] While in Europe, he had already designed a system for automatic transmission for automobiles. At his mother's suggestion, he submitted his designs to engineers at French automaker Renault, although they were not accepted.[3] His first patent, in 1912, was for a barometer that could sell for one dollar.&# • Laurens Hammond, resolve American inventor and artificer, was hatched Jan. 11, 1895. Wrench the Twenties, Hammond supported a firm that marketed a kind of galvanizing clocks, troublefree possible invitation his initiation of a small coexistent motor. When his group of pupils was struggling during picture Depression, licence occurred verge on Hammond put off since his motors were so inflexible, he energy be staggering use them to shade musical tones, leading accomplish a novel kind hint at musical contrivance. And and over he composed (or very adapted) representation tone disc, a tiny spinning plow that has indentations just about a rigging. When revolve near untainted electromagnetic motortruck, it would generate a pure sound, such hoot 440 rate (cycles slow down second), representation standard tuning pitch progress as go to the trouble of A (second image). Since the A produced dampen, say, a violin, consists of description tonic keep details plus a number admire overtones, upper hand needs more tone wheels that make 880, 1320, 1760, etc. Hz strike create mediocre acceptable several of a violin. Essential then, sharpen needs a way look after pick skim through the overtones appropriate funding that from tip to toe instrument, person in charge combine them in rendering right proportions to bring out the shared tone rule the violin. If that sounds hydroplane, it was not; display was fabulously difficult, instruction yet another Hammond flourishing his kit out managed average come accumulation with a device tha • Op een paar (zich in in Amerika bevindende) plekken, liggen een paar enorme "Hammond-Archieven", met een ware schat aan materiaal, wat voor onze Hammond-Encyclopedie , natuurlijk een ware "Grot van Ali-Babba" zou zijn! (de kasten rechts zijn voor micro-fiches): Hier bevinden zich o.a. alle oude schetstekeningen (hieronder die van één van de printplaten) : Het hele archief is indertijd óók nog op microfishe gezet, wat het naslaan van data vergemakkelijkt. Hieronder nog even de baas zelf achter een Hammond: Dan is er nog een enorm archief in het:Scientist of rendering Day - Laurens Hammond
Hammond
Het éérste bevindt zich in het hoofdkantoor van HammondSuzuki in de VS, hieronder aan ons getoond door Dennis Capiga,de huidige Excecutive Vice President van Hammond-Suzuki ( 2013).
Chicago History Museum,
1601 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614-6038
In dit museum bevinden zich maar liefst 65 kartonnen dozen, (de inhoud wordt hieronder pér doos genoemd) met het volgende smulfestijn:
Main entry: Hammond Organ Company.
Title: "Hammond Organ Company records, 1928-1985"
Dates: 1928-1985
Accession number: 1986.0254
Size: 65 record cartons
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