- A
tonewheel or tone
wheel is a
simple electromechanical apparatus used for
generating electric musical notes in
electromechanical organ instruments such...
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generated sound by
creating an
electric current from
rotating a
metal tonewheel near an
electromagnetic pickup, and then
strengthening the
signal with...
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manufactured in 1935.
Various models were produced,
which originally used
tonewheels to
generate sound via
additive synthesis,
where component waveform ratios...
- 1934,
marketed 1935–1975 (as the
tonewheel organs)
Lichtton Orgel [de] by
Edwin Welte, et al. (Germany) — optical-
tonewheel sampling organ,
marketed 1935–1940s...
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instrument that
emulates (or "clones") the
sound of the
electromechanical tonewheel-based
organs formerly manufactured by
Hammond from the 1930s to the 1970s...
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often play a
variety of
different keyboard instruments,
including piano,
tonewheel organ, synthesizer, and clavinet. Some
keyboardists may also play related...
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speaker cabinet. The Korg CX-3 gave a
convincing enough emulation of a
tonewheel Hammond's
sound to be used in
professional live performances, particularly...
- experience, the
tonewheel generator was
extremely well-engineered by the time the "Hammond Organ"
finally went into
production in 1935.
Tonewheel organs are...
-
introduced in 2002,
which simulates the
sound of an
electromechanical tonewheel-based
Hammond organ. The VK-8 is both an
improvement and
successor to...
- "horn" speakers. Like the
later Hammond organ, the
Telharmonium used
tonewheels to
generate musical sounds as
electrical signals by
additive synthesis...
