Hammond organ

American  

Trademark.

1. a brand of musical instrument, resembling in shape an upright piano, with two keyboards and electronic tone generation.

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Hammond organ British  

noun

1. an electric organ with two keyboards, electronic tone generation, and a wide variety of tone colours: invented in 1934

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Etymology

Origin of Hammond organ

C20: named after Laurens Hammond (1895–1973), US mechanical engineer

Example Sentences

Keith Emerson of the Nice developed a performance-art bit that involved jamming knives between the keys of his Hammond organ.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Lazily chilled-out, the Hammond organ is played with a featherlight touch, and the drums are gently brushed.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

Like the Hammond organ of the 1930s, it was soon discovered and adopted by many contemporary musicians.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2022

He received his first Hammond organ as a teenager and painted it gold.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2022

Churning, overloaded post-punk guitars open the new album in “Back to the Radio,” but other songs are built around keyboards, from shallow synthesizers to stately Hammond organ.

From New York Times • May 18, 2022