Category:Hammond Australia
In late 1985, Hammond Organ Company ceased and their brand, including interest in Nihon Hammond, was sold to Hammond Organ Australia Pty. Ltd. (owned by Noel Crabbe, Sydney). [1]. The business of Nihon Hammond was subsequently taken over by Suzuki Hammond (later Hammond Suzuki).
See also categories: Suzuki-Hammond and Hammond Suzuki.
References edit
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(January 3, 1986). "Marmon Group sells Hammond Organ rights". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved on 2013-07-31."Chicago-based Marmon Group said today it has sold the name and all world patents and trade marks of the Hammond Organ Co. to Hammond Organ Australia Pty. Ltd., a company principally controlled by Noel Crabbe of Sydney, Australia. The transaction was completed Dec. 20. Included in the sale is an undisclosed share of Hammond Organ's interest in Nihon-Hammond Limited of Osaka, Japan, a joint manufacturing venture. Hammond Organs previously were manufactured here at 4200 West Diversey. Service and warranty fulfillment will continue at that location."
Further reading edit
- Hammond Australia ~ Suzuki Hammond ~ Hammond Suzuki
- Hammond Accomplishments: 1980 - 1989. Hammond Zone (hammond-organ.com). Archived from the original on 2016-08-04."1986 - Introduction of the Super-B. This was Hammond's first all-digitally sampled organ. In addition to being MIDI compatible, this organ also featured downloadable voice tables. Complex voices such as trumpet, marimba and saxophone could be added by means of Voice ROM Cards. The new digital technology made possible a closer recreation of the "B-3 Sound". ",
" - Introduction of the SX-1 and CX-1 home organs. These were the first Hammond home organs to be MIDI-compatible. The Voice ROM Card capability first introduced in the Super-B was carried over into this series as well. New features included user-programmable Combination Presets, a built-in sequencer, and 16 built-in digital rhythms with 3 variations for each rhythm. ",
"1987 - Introduction of "E" Features (Ease of Play) into the SX-1 and CX-1 home organs. The updated organs are known as the SX-1E and CX-1E. Enhanced features include ProChord AutoChord and One Finger Chord. ",
"1988 - SX-1E and CX-1E, both also available in ivory-polishing varnish ",
" - SX-2000 and CX-2000 r home organs are introduced. These new organs combine all of the features of the SX-1E and CX-1E plus a new Orchestral section giving the player two banks of on-board digital voices in addition to Strings and Drawbars. ",
" - SX/CX2000'E’ upgrade introduced ",
" - Introduction of EX700,1000 and 2000 ",
" - ‘E’ specification becomes available for all models. "