Hammond Organ Company records, 1928-1985
Descriptive
Inventory for the Collection at Chicago History Museum, Research Center
By
Harvey Olsen, 1998; rev. by Julie Wroblewski, 2017
Please
address questions to:
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Title: Hammond Organ Company records, 1928-1985
Main entry: Hammond Organ Company.
Inclusive dates: 1928-1985
Size:
65 linear
feet (66 boxes)
Oversize
drawings (not processed)
sound
recordings
Restriction: For listening purposes, it is necessary to
use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not
available).
Some
oversize drawings have not been processed and are difficult to consult in their
present condition.
Provenance statement: Gift of The Marmon Group, Inc. (accession
number: 1986.0254).
Terms governing use: Copyright may be retained by the creators
of items, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law,
unless otherwise noted.
Please cite this collection as: Hammond Organ Company records (Chicago
History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a
specific item.
This descriptive inventory contains the
following sections:
Biographical/historical
note,
Summary
description of the collection,
Description
of some material related to the collection,
List
of online catalog headings about the collection,
List
of contents of the collection.
Data
on sites associated with the company or the family.
Description
of some related materials not housed with the corporate records (beginning on
p. 19).
Biographical/historical note:
Laurens
Hammond (1895-1973) was responsible for numerous inventions, including an
alternating current electric clock (patented in 1929), a synchronous electric
motor (patented in 1932), the first electric organ (patented in 1934), the
first all-electronic organ (patented in 1939), and the first spinet electronic
organ for homes (patented in 1949). Altogether, Hammond was granted about 280
patents from 1912 until his death in 1973.
The
company founded by Laurens Hammond and his associates was incorporated in 1928
as the Hammond Clock Company. It became the Hammond Instrument Company in 1937,
after the firm started making electric organs as well as clocks, and then
became the Hammond Organ Company in 1953, after the firm stopped making
clocks. The Hammond factory was located at 2915 N. Western Av. from ca. 1930 to
1949 and at 4200 W. Diversey Av. from 1949 to 1986, but there were additional
plants and offices elsewhere.
Hammond
acquired the Everett Piano Co. in 1954. It had been established in 1883 in
Boston by Frank A. Lee and built facilities in Michigan, where the company also
produced Cable Nelson Pianos. Hammond Organ Co. started building the Hammond
Piano in the 1950s. Yamaha International Corp. bought the Everett Piano Co. in
1973 and stopped production of Everett in 1989.
In
1967, after the Hammond Organ Company acquired the Wells Lamont Corporation, a
glove manufacturer, the name of the parent company was changed to the Hammond
Corporation, and the Hammond Organ Company became a division of the Hammond
Corporation. Wells Lamont offices moved to Niles, Ill., and the company
continued to make gloves.
Wholly
or partially
owned subsidiaries were established outside the United States to distribute,
and in some cases manufacture, Hammond organs. These included Hammond Organ
(U.K.), founded in 1964 to handle distribution in the United Kingdom; Hammond
Organ Europe, N.V., founded in 1967; Hammond International, Canada, Ltd.,
founded in 1969; the Nihon-Hammond Limited Company, Osaka, Japan, founded in
1970 in partnership with Sakata Shokai, Ltd., to distribute Hammond organs in
the Far East and parts of Europe (later also manufacturing them); and Hammond
Organ Australia, PTY Ltd., founded in 1982.
In
1977 The Marmon Group, Inc., owned by the Pritzker family of Chicago, acquired
the Hammond Corporation, and the Hammond Organ Company became a division of The
Marmon Group. In 1986 The Marmon Group sold the Hammond Organ Company to
Hammond Organ Australia, PTY Ltd, then owned by Noel Crabbe of Australia, and
manufacturing of Hammond organs was discontinued in Chicago. Tentative plans
called for the manufacturing of Hammond organs in Japan.
Summary description of the collection:
Corporate
records relate to Mr. Laurens Hammond and the company he founded, which was
known as the Hammond Clock Company, 1928-1937, the Hammond Instrument Company,
1937-1953, and finally the Hammond Organ Company, 1953-1986. The collection
includes correspondence, reports, minutes, manufacturing drawings, patents,
budgets, and other operating records of the company that founded the industry
of small electric organs and helped to popularize organ music for home and
small institutional venues.
The
corporate records generally are in record cartons: 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 10 in.
Description of some material related to the
collection:
Related
materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Hammond Organ
Company collection of visual materials (1986.0254), and numerous Hammond
company publications. Some additional artifacts, including organs, are in the
collection of the Chicago History Museum.
List of online catalog headings about the
collection:
The
following headings have been placed in the online catalog:
Hammond,
Laurens, 1895-1973
Hammond
family.
Hammond
Clock Company.
Hammond
Instrument Company (Chicago, Ill.)
Hammond
Organ Company.
Hammond
Corporation.
Families--Illinois--Evanston.
Furniture
making--Illinois--Chicago.
Hammond
organ.
Inventors--Illinois--Evanston.
Organ
builders--Illinois--Chicago.
Organ
music--United States.
Organ
(Musical instrument)--Construction--United States.
Organists--Illinois--Chicago.
Chicago
(Ill.)--Commerce.
Evanston
(Ill.)--Social conditions.
Form/genre:
Audiocassettes.
Correspondence.
Design
drawings.
Minutes.
Photomechanical
prints.
Reports.
Sheet
music.
Added
entries:
Hammond,
Laurens, 1895-1973
Hammond
Clock Company.
Hammond
Instrument Company (Chicago, Ill.)
Hammond
Corporation.
List of contents of the collection:
box 1
Summary:
Biographical materials concerning Laurens Hammond; and historical sketches or
materials concerning the Hammond Clock Company, the Hammond Instrument Company,
and the Hammond Organ Company:
1 "Hammond As In Organ,"
biography of Laurens Hammond and History of the Hammond Organ Company and
predecessors to 1960, by Stuyvesant Barry, typescript, 230 p., in ring binder.
2 "The Story of An Inventor, Some
Notes on the Career of Laurens Hammond," typescript, 47 p. (copy 1) and 53
p. (copy 2).
3 "Background Information on
Hammond Organ Company," by R. A. Gilruth, 1958, typescript, 18 p.
4 "Historical/Fact Book, Hammond
Corporation," 1972. Hammond Organ Story.
5 "Hammond, The Company that
Created An Industry," n.d. (ca. 1980). 33 p.
6 "History of Hammond Organ
Company," typescript, 5 p.
7 Hammond, Laurens, biographical, in
folder.
8 Hammond, Laurens, in folder.
9 Hammond Hall of Fame application re.
nomination of Laurens H. to Hall of Fame, in folder.
10 Historical, Hammond Corporation, in 2
folders.
11 Hammond trademark, in folder.
12 Hammond history, in folder.
13 Hammond Organ story, in folder.
14 History of Hammond Instrument Company,
in folder.
15 Corporate staff history, in folder.
16 Executives biographical data, in folder.
box 2
"Hammond
History," 102 slides in carousel together with pulsed cassette tape, 1979.
box 3
1 Clippings, ca. 1979-1985, in folders
and envelopes. 0.4 linear feet.
boxes
4-9
Summary:
Minutes of meetings of the board of directors & annual meetings of
stockholders, with copies of certificates of incorporation, by-laws, &
other corporate records, 1928-1976 6.5 linear feet. Includes 18 bound volumes
plus records in folders and binders:
In
folders:
1 Hammond Clock Company organized
3/12/28
2 H Clock Company incorporated 3/11/29
3 H C Company organized 5/2/30
4 Hammond Clock Company annual meeting
3/12/30
5 Hammond Clock Company reorganization
6 Hammond Clock Company budget reports
7 Hammond Instrument Company registered
agent
In
bound volumes:
Lettering
on spines includes the name of the company at top, the words "Corporate
Records" in the center, and at bottom the words "Illinois 1929"
referring to the company as incorporated in Illinois or the words
"Delaware 1930" referring to the company as incorporated in
Delaware.):
Hammond
Clock Company (Illinois), 1928-1931
Hammond
Clock Company (Illinois 1929), Vol. 1, 1929-1931
Hammond
Clock Company (Delaware 1930)
1 Hammond Clock Company, Vol. 1, 1930
2 Hammond Clock Company, Vol. 2,
1930-1934
3 Hammond Clock Company, Vol. 3,
1934-1937
Hammond
Instrument Company:
4 Hammond Instrument Company, Vol. 4,
1937-1940
5 Hammond Instrument Company, Vol. 5,
1940-1944
6 Hammond Instrument Company, Vol. 6,
1945-1947
7 Hammond Instrument Company, Vol. 7,
1948-1951
8 Hammond Instrument Company, Vol. 8,
1951-1954
Hammond
Organ Company:
9 Hammond Organ Company, Vol. 9, 1954-1959
10 Hammond Organ Company, Vol. 10,
1959-1962
11 Hammond Organ Company, Vol. 11,
1962-1965
12 Hammond Organ Company, Vol. 12,
1965-1967
13 Hammond Organ Company, Vol. 13, 1967
14 Hammond Organ Company, Vol. 14,
1968-1970
15 Hammond Organ Company, Vol. 15,
1970-1973
16 Hammond Organ Company, Vol. 16,
1973-1976
In
binders (one for each year):
Minutes,
1931-1947
In
bound volume:
Hammond
Organ Company corporate records, 1967-1984
In
binders and folders for each meeting:
Agenda
and minutes, 1965-1974
box
10
In
folders and binders:
1 Minutes of the Hammond Instrument
Western Export Corporation, 1952-1971
2 Minutes of Hammond Organ Europe, N.V.,
1970-1975
3 Minutes of the Management Committee,
1951-1953
4 Minutes of the Hammond Organ
Foundation, 1952-1955
5 Reports of divisions to Hammond
Corporation board of directors, 1963-1977:
6 Reports of divisions: Everett Organ
Company
7 Reports of divisions: Everett Piano
Company
8 Reports of divisions: Gibbs
Manufacturing & Research Corporation
9 Reports of divisions: Hammond Organ
Division
10 Reports of divisions: Wells Lamont
Corporation
11 Reports of divisions: Finance Department
12 Reports of divisions: International
Division
13 Annual reports to the Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1972-1974
14 Reports to Secretary of State, State of
Illinois, about issuance of shares, 1929-1960
15 Correspondence of chairman of the board,
executive vice president, and others involving legal opinions, 1968-1972
boxes
11-13
Summary:
Annual reports & quarterly reports to stockholders, with notices of
meetings, proxy statements, & other letters to stockholders, 1930-1976:
(There is some duplication, because
reports were kept in binders in different offices, but some binders are not
complete. All will be retained temporarily until staff can check and assemble a
complete file of each type of report.)
In
ring binders:
1 Annual reports, 1930-1976
2 Annual reports, quarterly reports,
other communications, 1934-1964
3 Annual reports and other notices,
1931-1959
4 Annual reports and other notices,
1948-1961
5 Quarterly reports, proxy statements,
letters, 1945-1974
6 Stockholder communications, 1960-1966
7 Stockholder communications, 1967-1975
8 Company releases, 1965-1968
9 Company releases, 1969-1971
In
folders:
10 Letters to Stockholders, 1945-1967
chronological
11 Correspondence with stockholders,
1930-1960.
12 Alphabetical, mostly letters from
stockholders and responses but also early letters to stockholders not
duplicated elsewhere
box
14
Summary:
Speeches by presidents of the Hammond Organ Co. before security analysts groups
in various cities, 1954-1970, concerning production, sales, and other
activities of the Hammond Organ Co., in three ring binders.
box
15
Summary:
Policies and procedures of the Hammond Organ Co., 1964-1974, in ring binders:
1 Company policy, 1964-1968
2 Standard procedures manual, book I,
1969-1974
3 Standard procedures manual, book II,
1969-1974
4 (Book III of the Standard procedures
manual was issued; CHS received a binder so labeled, but policies had been
removed and clippings inserted; this binder has been filed in box 3.)
box
16
Summary:
Patents of Laurens Hammond, books I and II, in two ring binders. Photocopies of
patents and specifications arranged chronologically by patent number, with
table of contents listing all his patents.
box
17
Summary:
Original patents, in folders, 0.75 linear feet:
1 Hammond, Laurens: patents, foreign.
2 Patents, domestic: clock.
3 Patents, foreign: clock;
4 Patents, domestic: organ.
5 Patents, foreign: organ.
6 Patents: automatic electric orchestra.
boxes
18-24
Summary:
Engineering logs, 1936 to ca. 1984, in bound numbered notebooks assigned to
various engineering staff, containing diagrams and notes concerning research
and development of organs and components. about 9 linear feet.
boxes
25 and 26, plus Oversize-boxes A, B, C described on p. 10:
1 Engineering drawings, 1936 to ca.
1984, various sizes: 24 x 36", 18x24", 12x18", other.
approximately
2, 000 drawings (in stack about two feet high). Oversize drawings are temporarily
stored in a box 39x26x10:, a box 31x24x18", and a box 38x10x17". Most
are flat; about 60 are rolled.
2 Microfilm of engineering drawings, 14
rolls.
3 Index to microfilm of engineering
drawings.
box
27
1 Coordination requests, 1958-1964. 0.7 linear
feet.
2 Memoranda concerning changes in design
and production.
3 Layout part number index. 2 binders
4 Engineering parts list. 0.25 linear
feet.
box
28
Summary:
Parts books no. 1, 2, 3, 4, and an unnumbered book, in binders.
boxes
29 & 30:
1 Reports from testing laboratories, ca.
1940-1980. 1.8 linear feet.
2 The Hammond Organ, Installation,
Operation, and Maintenance Instructions, Bulletin No. 1A, 1944.
3 The Hammond Organ, Manual for the
Service Engineer, 1951, in ring binder.
4 Hammond Organ, Service Manual.
Sections published at different times from ca. 1953, ca. 1959 and assembled in
ring binder.
5 Service Manual, Models A,A-100, AB,
BA, BC, BCV BV, B2, B3, C, CV, C2, C-2G, C3, D, DV, D100, E, G, GV, RT, RT-2,
RT-3. (CHS received a Model B-3 organ and a Model E organ.)
6 Service Manual, Piper Autochord. (CHS
received a Piper Autochord organ.)
7 Service manuals for M-3, L-100, T-300,
X-77 organs.
8 Hammond Organ installations. Sections
listing churches by denomination that have Hammond organs, as well as
hospitals, auditoriums, funeral homes, schools and colleges, and fraternal
organizations. In ring binder.
9 Places Hammond organ has been placed,
in folder.
boxes
31-43:
Summary:
Record of organs made, packed, and shipped, 1942-1979. Early records are on
sheets, and later records are in bound volumes as described below. 16 linear
feet.
Records 1942-1965: on 8.5x5.5"
sheets originally kept in loose-leaf ring binders, but most were removed at
some time and placed between particleboards held by rubber bands. Sheets are
arranged by model number and then by serial number. Information on sheet
includes serial number, remarks, date made, date packed, date shipped.
Records 1965-1969: in bound volumes
by model number and then by serial number, with model numbers A to X appearing
on spines. Information includes serial number followed by model number, date
made, date packed, date shipped.
Records 1969-1979: in bound volumes
by serial number, with serial numbers appearing on spines in several sequences.
Spine numbers start with A20,000
(Apr. 3, 1969) and go to E237,600 (Oct. 16, 1973); numbers continue
consecutively and do not go back to "0" for each new letter prefix;
and the letter prefixes were not part of the serial number.
Subsequent spine numbers delete the
letter prefix, starting with 237,601
(Aug. 2, 1973) and going to 248, 413 (Oct. 26, 1973). Subsequent volumes are
numbered from Vol. 1 (starting with serial number 300,000, made on July 17, 1973)
and going to Vol. 25 (ending with serial number 1,056,692, made on May 17,
1979).
Vol. 19 is missing.
Information includes serial number,
model number, date made, date packed, date shipped.
boxes
44 & 45:
Summary:
Materials concerning hearings and report of the Federal Trade Commission, 1937,
on advertising claims for Hammond organs:
Official Report of Proceedings
before the Federal Trade Commission, 1937, in two binders.
1 Brief of attorneys for the commission.
2 Brief for respondent.
3 Federal Trade Commission vs. Hammond
Clock Co., commission's exhibits, 1937, in binder.
4 Federal Trade Commission vs. Hammond
Clock Co., respondent's exhibits, 1937, in binder.
5 Federal Trade Commission, in 3
folders.
boxes
46-53:
Summary:
Files from office of Donald R. Sauvey, President, concerning Personnel,
Operations, Marketing & Sales, finance, International, Miscellaneous,
1979-1982. 10 linear feet:
1979
in box 46
1980
in boxes 47-49
1981
in boxes 50-51
1982
in boxes 52-53
box
54:
1 Hammond national distribution status,
1968, in binder.
2 Strategic plan, 1971-1980, in ring
binder.
3 Gallup study of electronic organ
owners and prospective buyers for 1972, conducted for the Hammond Organ Co., in
ring binder.
4 European Odyssey for Hammond dealers,
1972, in binder.
5 Report, Hammond dealer attitudes, 1973.
6 Marketing correspondence &
reports, 1973, in folder.
7 Long range marketing plans, 1973-1977,
in folder.
8 Industry data, 1974, in ring binder.
9 Report: Hammond dealer sales trends
vs. major competitive brands, 1975, in binder.
10 Study of Hammond's Strategy in the U. S.
Organ Market, discussion guide, 1975.
box
55
Marketing
forecasts and reports and miscellaneous papers concerning marketing and sales,
ca. 1973-ca. 1977, in folders. 1 linear foot.
box
56
1 Competition and market share, 1972-1974,
in folder.
2 New product planning, 1974, in folder.
3 Sales analysis, 1975, in folder.
4 Piper Organ, 1972, in folder.
5 Performance and factory overhead
reports, 1975, in folder.
6 Financial projections, 1974-1976, in
folder.
7 Regular & Piper orders vs.
shipments, 1971-1978, in bound ledger.
8 Regular & Piper orders vs.
shipments, 1972-1977, in bound ledger.
9 Combined Hoc-Nh-Hoe shipments for
calendar 1977, in ring binder.
10 Summary marketing budgets, 1980, in ring
binder.
11 Export shipments, 1978, 1979, 1980. in
binder.
box
57
1 Budget, 1973-1976, in computer
printout in binder.
2 Dealer planned quota analysis,
Jan-Dec, 1977; Monthly district sales model analysis, Jan-Dec., 1977; Monthly
dealer sales analysis, Jan-Dec.,1977, all in computer printout in binder.
3 Monthly district sales analysis, Dec.
1980, in computer printout in binder.
box
58
1 Target analysis report, 1980,in
computer printout in binder.
2 Hammond Financial Service Company
operating manual, ca. 1980, in binder.
3 List of dealers, service centers,
sales managers, ca. 1980, in ring binder (no label).
4 District sales maps & dealer
quotas, 1982, in ring binder.
5 Seventh Economic Council of the Music
Industry, the Action Plan for Increasing Music Participation in America, 1983,
in binder.
6 Co-op programs, in binder.
7 Hammond's Retail Sales Development
Program meeting guide #1-#8, in four binders.
box
59
1 Letters and mailings to dealers, ca.
1974-1985. 0.2 linear feet, in folders.
2 Order forms, ca. 1970-1980. 0.1 linear
feet, in folder.
3 Newspaper advertisements (camera ready
copy), ca. 1970-1980. 0.2 linear feet, in folders.
4 Scripts for radio and television
advertisements, in folder.
5 Advertisements and programs for
concerts by Hammond Artists. 0.1 linear feet, in folder.
6 Miscellaneous advertising pieces. 0.1
linear feet, in folder.
box
60
Summary:
Merchandising Job Envelopes, 1972-1973. 1 linear foot. These include texts of
slide talks for sales presentations and orders for promotional materials. They
also include other materials listed elsewhere such as product sheets describing
organs, photographs of organs, playing guides, owner's manuals, music
collections, buttons and banners, and similar items used in marketing and sales
campaigns were selected from merchandising job envelopes at the Hammond factory
on Diversey Avenue in Chicago.
box
61
Summary:
Correspondence and reports concerning labor relations, 1961-1974:
folders:
1 Union activity, Bloomingdale
agreement, 1961-1974
2 Union activity, Diversey &
Western, 1968
3 Union activity, Melrose Park
agreement, 1971-1974
4 Labor contract, Hammond Organ Division
5 Unfair labor practices issues, Hammond
Organ Division
6 Union activity, all plants, 1967
7 Union election, all plants, 1965
box
62
Summary:
Miscellaneous records in folders labeled:
1 Bridge table
2 Brochures, organ
3 Clocks
4 Correspondence
5 HOC acquisitions
6 Hammond Corp. identity
7 Hammond Organ Company fact sheet
8 Hammond news releases
9 Hammond Organ Company letterhead
10 HOC personnel
11 Hammond profile resumes
12 Leslie Speakers
13 Notes, financial info., reports, etc.
14 Product line
15 Sikeston Woodworking Company fact sheet
16 Sikeston letterhead, envelopes
17 Tax exemption forms
18 Tone cabinets
19 Trademark, domestic: clocks
20 Trademarks, foreign: clocks
21 Trade shows
Box
62
1 Scrapbook, 1935-1938 of clippings on
Hammond Organ Company & brochures issued by the company, perhaps assembled
by Laurens Hammond (formerly housed in box 3)
Everett
and Hammond pianos. Brochures, in envelope.
1 Keyboard guides, in folder.
2 Letters from conductors and other
musicians, 1937-1937, praising the Hammond organ, in ring binder.
3 Record retention guide, 1969. Lists
types of records kept by Hammond Organ Company and makes recommendations on
disposition.
4 Trust indentures and agreements, in
folder.
5 Warranties, in folder.
6 Miscellaneous records, in folders.
Oversize package:
Framed
certificate from committee on Sciences and the Arts, Franklin Institute,
Philadelphia, awarding John Price Wetherill Medal to Laurens Hammond, May 15,
1940.
OVERSIZE boxes A, B, C.
Summary:
Described with boxes 25-26. Design drawings from the Hammond companies
(relating to the manufacturing processes) are stored with these corporate
records.
Data on sites associated with the company
or the family (Updated 1998)
Please
note: The owners and residents of these sites now have no relationship with the
Hammond family or the company. Please respect their privacy.
Hammond
Organ Company Sites:
Laurens
Hammond Laboratory
456 Broome
St.
New
York, NY
Rented
loft space in New York City. Hammond's first lab space as an independent
inventor. The synchronous AC clock motor and 3D movie system were invented
here, 1921-1923.
Andrews-Hammond
Laboratory
616
Davis St., 2nd floor
Evanston,
IL
Early
lab above the Evanston store known as the "Community Kitchen,"
1925-1929. Built A-Boxes," a battery eliminator for early radio sets.
Hammond's old lab is now a dance studio with a camera store on the ground
level.
Hammond
Clock Company
4115
N. Ravenswood Av.
Chicago,
IL
First
move in early 1930 to this temporary rented second floor space to manufacture
electric clocks. The front of this building has been extensively remodeled and
only the second floor is original.
Hammond
Clock Company
2911
N. Western Av.
Chicago,
IL
Later
move in 1930 to this five story company-owned building. The first prototype and
patent model Hammond Organ was built here in 1933. The "2911" doorway
was bricked up some time before mid-1931 and later records list this property
as 2915 N. Western.
Hammond
Factory Showroom (1)
666
Lake Shore Drive, 30th floor
Chicago,
IL.
Hammond
company-operated showrooms in operation as of December 1935. Hammond also had
franchised dealers in 19 other U.S. cities. Most organ customers were churches
with few sales to individuals.
Hammond
Factory Showroom (2)
119
W. 59th St (Penthouse)
New
York, NY
The
Chicago (home) store was located in the old American Furniture Mart. (The
address was later changed to 680 N. Lake Shore Dr., possibly to avoid negative
biblical references to the "Mark of the Beast.")
Hammond
Factory Showroom (3)
730
W. 7th St.
Los
Angeles, CA
Hammond
Organ Co.
4200
W. Diversey
Chicago,
IL
Organ
manufacturing, service, management, and marketing, from 1949 to 1986. A three
story annex was added in 1956. This became the company headquarters but the
Western Av. plant was still used for manufacturing and research.
Hammond
Woodworking Plant
5008
W. Bloomingdale Av.
Chicago,
IL
Produced
organ consoles, other wood components, from 1937 to June 14, 1977. This plant
also produced caskets for the U.S. Military during WWII (1942-1945)
Temporary
Hammond Plant
4737
N. Ravenswood
Chicago,
IL
Four
story brick building leased April 1, 1942 for five years. Used for military
projects during WWII. This building has been renovated and converted into
condominiums.
Early
Hammond Properties
W.
George St., N. Oakley Av.
Chicago,
IL
Street
addresses unknown. Warehouses, possibly some manufacturing during the war years
(1942-1945).
Hammond
Organ Plant
23??
W. St. Paul St.
Chicago,
IL
Hammond
leased the second floor of this building to build Chord Organs from 1950-1963.
Building is now the "St. Paul Lofts" (condominiums)
Hammond
Organ Plant
4046
N. Rockwell
Chicago,
IL
Property
purchased Dec. 19, 1952. This plant replaced the St. Paul Street building.
(Hammond may have had other leased buildings on Rockwell before 1950.)
Hammond
Organ Plant
4249
N. Knox
Chicago,
IL
Produced
organ subassemblies/manuals. This unusual building had parking for employees on
the roof.
Hammond
Organ Co.
1740
N. 25th Av.
Melrose
Park, IL
Service,
parts warehouse, and final assembly plant for tone wheel generators from June
1956 to January 1976. The final B3s were assembled here in early 1975.
Gibbs
Manufacturing & Research (AKA Gibbs Special Products Corp.)
Janesville,
Wisconsin.
Hammond-owned
company, produced reverberation units and other (non-organ) products from March
1961 to the late 1960s. (Prior to Hammond Accutronics Div.)
Everett
Piano Co.
South
Haven Michigan
Hammond
bought the Everett Piano Co. in 1962. Manufactured Everett, Hammond-brand, and
other private brand pianos.
Northern
Electric Co., Ltd.
1261
Shearer St.
Montreal,
Quebec
Canada
Canadian
Subsidiary (ca. 1937). Assembled organs in Canada before and after WWII.
Cabinets and non-standard electronics were manufactured locally.
As of
January, 1973, Hammond Corporation operated the following eight locations:
Hammond
Corporate Offices, 100 Wilmot Road, Deerfield, IL
Management
Diversey
Plant
Western
Ave. Plant
Bloomingdale
Plant
Melrose
Park Plant
These
older Hammond plants were still in operation in 1973.
Hammond
Division
11610
Copenhagen Court
Franklin
Park, IL
Hammond
location used as a service center and warehouse from 1973-1966.
Southern
Division
Rowland
Drive
Carroll
Reese Station,
Johnson
City, Tennessee
Produced
the Hammond "Piper" Organ (only).
Poncher
Industries
225
N. First St.
Cary,
IL
Produced
printed circuit boards and subassemblies. This operation became Accutronics,
one of several locations used for Hammond's technical division.
Accutronics
Division, Past and Present:
Accoutronics
628
North St.
Geneva,
IL
Morley-Accutronics
185
Detroit St.
Cary,
IL
Became
Sound Enhancements
Accutronics,
Inc.
225
N. First
Cary,
IL 60013
Former
Hammond Division, still produces reverb units for OEM use. (No longer pat of
Hammond/Suzuki or Leslie Speakers)
Accutronics/Connor-Winfield
Corp.
2111
Comprehensive Dr.
Aurora,
IL 60505
Split
from former Hammond Div., currently manufactures PC boards, other electronics.
(No longer part of Hammond/Suzuki or Leslie Speakers)
Later
Hammond locations:
Hammond
Woodworking Plant
Sikeston,
Missouri
Replaced
the Bloomingdale Av. plant in July 1978. Hammond closed the original cabinet
shop after labor problems in 1977.
Hammond
International. (USA)
1060
Thorndale Av.
Bensenville,
IL
Later
corporate offices after the 1985 bankruptcy and reorganization.
Hammond
International Pty. Ltd
Beaumont
Road
Mt.
Kuring-gai N.S.W., 2080
Australia
Australian
Noel Crabbe bought the Hammond name and remnants of the company after the 1985
bankruptcy. Organs were manufactured in Japan.
Hammond
Keyboards Canada Ltd.
50
Mural St., Unit 6
Richmond
Hill
Ontario,
Canada
Hammond's
Canadian distributor in the late 1980s.
Hammond
Suzuki Ltd.
No.
1138 Koikecho
Hamamatsu,
Japan
Parent
company in Japan.
Suzuki
Music, USA
Oak
Brook Office Center,
Oak
Brook Terrace, IL
April
1989 to Nov 1989. Suzuki's US corporate headquarters.
Suzuki
Music, USA
1121
N. Main
Lombard,
IL
November
1989 to early 1992.
Hammond/Suzuki
USA, Inc.
733
Annoreno Drive
Addison,
IL 60101
Current
owner and manufacturer of Hammond Organs and Leslie Speakers in the U.S. from
1992 to present.
Leslie
Speaker Manufacturing:
"Brittain
Sound Equipment Co."
"Electro
Music Accessories Co."
3804
W. 54th St.
Los
Angeles, CA
Early
nameplates list this location/company names as the manufacturer of Leslie
Speakers. The address, however, was that of Lou Brittain, an early Leslie
partner. The partnership was dissolved after WWII and Leslie Speakers were
never built at this location.
Electro
Music
199
S. Fair Oaks Av.
Pasadena,
CA
Early
Leslie Models 30A and 30C were produced in this rented storefront from
1940-1943 and again after WWII. The current tenant is a curio shop.
Electro
Music
267
S. Fair Oaks Av.
Pasadena,
CA
Post-war
models were built here sometime after 1946. The original building has been
demolished and this location is now the site of a medical center and parking
garage.
Electro
Music
313
S. Fair Oaks Av.
Pasadena,
CA
Leslie
manufacturing until 1963. This location is now a Jamaican restaurant and
medical office.
Electro
Music Inc.
56 W.
Del Mar Blvd.
Pasadena,
CA
Final
Leslie Speaker plant in California. Built by Don Leslie in 1964 and sold to
CBS, Inc. In 1965. CBS produced Leslies here until 1980 when the company was
sold to the Hammond Corp. Hammond's Accutronics Division built Leslies in the
Chicago area until the 1985 bankruptcy.
Calo
Corporation
Electro
Music Division
1040 Kingsland
Dr.
Batavia,
IL
Post-Hammond
independent Leslie production after 1965. (Electro Music name was not used
after Aug. 1, 1991.) Calo Corp also had rented locations in West Chicago and
St. Charles, IL.
Hammond/Suzuki
USA, Inc.
733
Annoreno Drive
Addison,
IL 60101
Current
Hammond plant. Leslie Speakers were built here after Aug. 1, 1991. (This
pre-dates organ production at this location.)
Mercotac
Inc.
6195
Corte Del Cedro E.
Carlsbad,
CA 92009
Manufacturing
company founded by Bob Leslie (Don Leslie's brother). Mercotac is still in
business and produces rotary mercury connectors for Leslie Rotosonic drums plus
non-organ applications.
Hammond
family sites:
William
Andrew Hammond House
235
Greenwood St.
Evanston,
IL
Hammond
family home, ca. 1883 to mid-1909 when Idea Hammond moved to Europe with two
year old Laurens and three older daughters after the suicide of William Hammond
in January, 1897. The family returned to this property in 1909 and lived here
until 1912.
Hammond
Family Residence
1305
Forest
Evanston,
IL
Hammond
family lived in this home from 1912-1914. This property is one block south of
the original family home on Greenwood. Also, Laurens Hammond's older sister
Elizabeth is listed in the 1914 Evanston phone directory as living at
"1313 Forest." This is the same property.
Early
Hammond Residence
12
Gramercy Park
New
York, NY
Laurens
Hammond's New York residence following WWI and during the years he worked on
his synchronous AC clock motor and 3D movie system projects. (1921-1923). His
first lab was nearby at 456 Broome St., at this time.
Hammond
Residence
418
Hamilton St.
Evanston,
IL
Laurens
Hammond, his first wife Mildred, and baby daughter lived in this multi-unit
Evanston apartment building when they returned to Evanston in 1925 (from New
York) until 1929. Hammond's mother also lived here until shortly before her
death in 1938. (Laurens Hammond may have owned this building.)
Laurens
Hammond Residence
1421
N. State St.
Chicago,
IL
Laurens
Hammond's "Gold Coast" Chicago home ca. 1930 until 1960. In later
years, Hammond also maintained an apartment on Lake Shore Drive (in Chicago), a
chateau in Laizet, France, and villas in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Antigua. He
also owned a penthouse on Park Avenue in New York City.
Laurens
Hammond Estate
63
Ford Hill Road
Cornwall,
CT
Laurens
Hammond's primary residence after his retirement in 1960. He lived here until
his death in 1973.
Hammond
Family Residence
1390
Scott Av.
Winnetka,
IL
Home
of Laurens Hammond's mother and sisters, Louise and Elizabeth, in 1930. (From
Hammond Stockholder's Report, July 10, 1930. Also listed in 1930 Evanston phone
directory.)
Chicago
Historical Society
Clark
St. at North Av.
Chicago,
IL 60614
The
Marmon Group donated old Hammond company records, artifacts, organs, and other
historical data, to the Chicago Historical Society in 1986. (Source for company
data, 1930-1985.)
Evanston
Historical Society
225
Greenwood St
Evanston,
IL 60201
Located
in the "Charles Gates Dawes" House next door to the William Andrew
Hammond house near Lake Michigan. Charles Gates Dawes was a Nobel Peace Prize
recipient and Vice President of the United States under William McKinley.
(Source for early family data, no commercial information.)
St.
Marks Episcopal Church
1509
Ridge Av.
Evanston,
IL
Hammond
family church, ca. 1883-January 1897. (The family left this church after
William Hammond's suicide.)
St.
Lukes Episcopal Church
939
Hinman Av.
Evanston,
IL
Laurens
Hammond's boyhood church after 1909 when he and his family returned from
Europe.
Graceland
Cemetery
4001
N. Clark St.
Chicago,
IL 60613
The
cremated remains of family members deceased prior to 1939 are interred in the
Hammond family plot. This includes: Rev. Henry Laurens Hammond (grandfather),
Eunice Bingham Hammond (grandmother), William Andrew Hammond (father), Idea
Louise Strong Hammond (mother) and one sister, Elizabeth Strong Hammond
Shepard, her husband, Leonard G. Shepard, plus a niece who died as a child.
Laurens Hammond is not buried here. Hammond died July 1, 1973 in Cornwall, CT,
the home of his wife Roxana Scoville Hammond. His remains were cremated in
Pittsfield, Mass, July 6, 1973.
Rockefeller
Chapel
University
of Chicago
5850
S. Woodlawn Av.
Chicago,
IL 60637
Site
of the U. S. Federal Trade Commission's "comparison" of the Hammond
Organ and the chapel's massive pipe organ, 1936-1938.
Hammond
Chess Pavilion
Lake
Shore Drive at North Av.
Chicago,
IL
Laurens
Hammond donated $100,000 to the Chicago Park District to build this outdoor
chess pavilion near the North Avenue Beach.
Harrington
Organ Company
3925
W. Montrose Av.
Chicago,
IL
The
late Ed Harrington, the world's first Leslie Speaker dealer and "infamous
Hammond bootlegger" (non-franchised discount re-seller of Hammond Organs),
ca. 1939 to the early 1970s. This company is still in business.
Jensen
Manufacturing Company
6601
S. Laramie Av.
Chicago,
IL
Speaker
manufacturing business founded by Peter Jensen in 1927 and moved to Chicago in
1929. Jensen built speaker components for Hammond and Leslie tone cabinets
through the 1960s. Company is still in business but has undergone numerous
corporate changes over the years. This building and nearby properties are
currently owned by the Acorn Corrugated Box Company.
J. C.
Deagan
770
W. Berteau
Chicago,
IL
Chime
and carillon manufacturer. Hammond and Deagan cooperated with related products
for the church market. This building is on the corner of Ravenswood and Berteau
(4300 North).
Current
owners/operators of former Hammond commercial properties:
Except
for Organ Service company, Inc., these companies have no association, past or
present, with the former Hammond Organ company, Electro Music (Leslie
Speakers), or Hammond/Suzuki, Inc., USA.
Chicago
Riverfront Antique Mart
Herbert
L. Levin, Owner
2929
N. Western Av.
Chicago,
IL 60618
Current
owner/operator of the 2915 N. Western property. (The building's address has
once again been modified to make it easier to remember.) It is being converted
into condominiums.
Graphics
Parts International, Inc.
4321
N. Knox
Chicago,
IL 60641
Current
owner of the 4249 N. Knox property. Company manufactures silk printing
equipment and supplies. (Graphics Parts International occupies several
buildings on Knox from 4200 to 4400 North.)
Lake
Star, Inc.
David
L. Verduin, President
4200
W. Diversey
Chicago,
IL 60639
Current
owner/operator of the Diversey plant. Company is a plastics fabricator. Lake
Star, Inc., also leases space in this building for other manufacturing
businesses.
General
Products
4045
N. Rockwell
Chicago,
IL 60618
Current
owner/operator of the N. Rockwell plant. Company manufactures photo albums and
other photographic products. Hammond originally bought this building from Bell
& Howell, a manufacturer of cameras, projectors, and other audio-visual
products.
Clear
Pack Company
11610
Copenhagen Court
Franklin
Park, IL
Company
manufactures containers and sheets.
Handy
Button Machine Corp.
1750
N. 25th Av.
Melrose
Park, IL
Current
owner of the 1740 N. 25th Av. property. (The address has been modified
slightly.)
Organ
Service Company, Inc.
Jerry
Welch, Owner
6475 Joliet
Road, Suite B1W
La
Grange, IL 60525
Former
Marmon company that evolved from bankrupt Hammond Corp. in 1986. Provides organ
parts and service. Originally based in the 4200 W. Diversey building, the
company has since relocated to this address.
Description of some related materials not
housed with the corporate records:
Related
materials at the Chicago History Museum include:
In Decorative & Industrial Arts:
1a Hammond Organ, Concert Model E, made about
1940.
1b Pedal board for Hammond Organ, concert Model
E.
1c Bench for Hammond Organ, Concert Model E.
2 Hammond Tone Cabinet No. F-40, made about
1950, for use with Hammond Organ, Concert Model E or Home Model B-3.
3a Hammond Organ, Home Model B-3, serial no.
90959, completed July 8, 1963.
3b Pedal board for Hammond Organ, Home Model
B-3.
4 Hammond Organ, Piper Autochord, made about
1980.
5 Tone bar demonstrator in case.
6 Wall clock made by the Hammond Instrument
Company, ca. 1940.
Banners
used by the Hammond Organ Company:
7 "There Will Never Be A Better Time to
Buy A Hammond Organ, Authorized Dealer," n.d., 31" high, 40"
wide.
8 "Hammond Organ Society," ca. 1965,
31" high, 45" wide.
9 "Leslie" with logo representing
tone cabinet, n.d., 30.5" high, 44.25" wide.
10 "The Piper Autochord," 1970,
32.5" high, 43.5" wide.
Buttons
issued by the Hammond Organ Company:
11 "I've Seen the Sound of Hammond,"
1968, 4" diameter.
12 "Hammond, Where It's Happening,"
1969, 3" diameter.
13 "Musical Drop-Out? Go Hammond,"
1969, 3" diameter.
14 "Who's Got the MDD?" 1972, 3"
diameter.
15 "Follow the Piper Generation," ca.
1970, 3.5" diameter.
16 "Hammond Benches Denny McLain,"
n.d., 3" diameter.
17 "Hi-I'm ?, Hammond Organ Society,"
n.d., 2.5" diameter.
18 "I'm a Hammond Star Performer,"
n.d., 2/5" diameter.
19 "Hammond Sounder," n.d., 3.5"
diameter.
Promotional
pieces:
20 Vest with Piper logo (for promotion of Piper
organs), fabric, orange, black, white, ca. 1970.
21 Vest with words in circle "Play a
Tune-a-Day the New Instant-Play Hammond Way," fabric, red and black, ca.
1970.
22 Cap with Hammond logo (used in promotion of
Piper organs), fabric, orange and black, 1970.
23a-d Arm patch with Hammond Logo, black fabric
with multicolored bars forming logo, n.d.
24 Plastic bag, 18" high x 16" wide,
with words "Hammond/The Sound of Success" and multicolored design
showing a Hammond organ, a rainbow, a pot of gold, and a butterfly; produced
for a meeting of Hammond dealers, n.d.
Sound
recordings featuring Hammond organs (33 1/3 r.p.m.; 12" disk unless
otherwise specified) (0MM.259):
25 "Hammond golden Jubilee album,"
7" diameter.
26 Lucho Azcarraga at the Hammond Organ,
"Panama Tipico," Art Records, ALP-2012.
27 Lucho Azcarraga at the Hammond Organ,
"Siesta en Panama," Art Records, ALP-2008
28 Dick Bazzelle at the Hammond Organ,
"Dick Bazzele Captures New Orleans After Midnight," DN-104.
29 Sal Cordaro at the Hammond Organ, "Nite
Life with Sal Cordaro at the Hammond Organ," Dino V 20063, 1965.
30 Joe Cowan at the Hammond Organ, "For
Your dancing Pleasure," Carellen Records.
31 Don Lee Ellis at the Hammond Organ,
"From the Top, The Hammond Concorde," Don Lee Productions, DLP 1504
32 Don Lee Ellis at the Hammond Organ, "My
Way, With Love, The Hammond Concorde," Don Lee Productions, DLP 1505.
33 Don Lee Ellis at the Hammond Organ, "The
Ellis Touch, Deluxe Hammond Concorde," Don Lee Productions, DLP 1506.
34 Bill Harper at the Hammond Organ, "Songs
You'll Always Remember, Bill Harper at the Organ and Piano," O'Brien's
Recording Studios, Springfield, Ohio.
35 Alice Hitchcock at the Hammond Organ,
"Alice in a Wonderland of Great Standard Hits," Mr. Ree Records.
36 Groove Holmes at the Hammond Organ,
"Night Glider, Groove Merchant, GM 512.
37 Groove Holmes at the Hammond Organ,
"Welcome Home," World Pacific Jazz, ST-20147
38 Rieber Hovde at the Hammond Organ,
"Swingin' Better Now," Far Jazz Records, F 3137, ca. 1965.
39 Bob Kames at the Hammond Organ X-66,
"Kames and Many Exciting Sounds," King 1036.
40 Don Lewis at the Hammond Organ X-77 GT,
"The Don Lewis Experience," Aquarius Records, AMC 2846.
41 Jimmy McGriff and Groove Holmes at the
Hammond Organ, "Giants of the Organ Come Together,' Groove Merchant, GM
520.
42 Randall-Icious #1, "Delectable
Selectables (Requested by You,)" Esar Records, ES-212
43 Leslie Summers at the Hammond Organ,
"After the Storm," Album 37, Tabernacle Recordings, ca. 1967.
44 Ashley Tappen at the Hammond Organ,
"Hammond Hits From Hollywood," Somerset, SF-10700.
45 Fred Bock, "an Adventure in the Science
of Sound and Music" (Side 1, The Science of Sound and Music, Side 2, The
History of the Organ), to be used with booklet, "An Adventure in the
Science of Sound and Music" (Hammond Organ Company, 1960).
46 Hammond Organ company, "Music
Americana," a demonstration record, 1982. 33 1/3 r.p.m., 7" diameter.
With text and order information in Merchandising Job Envelope HO-8302.
47 Hammond Organ Company, "Demonstration
Record, T-200, BRS 2458.
48 Hammond Organ Company, "Demonstration
Record, T-300," BRS-2496.
49 Hammond Organ Company, "Think Like a
Leader" (on jacket), "A Story of Hammond Organ Advertising
Leadership" (on record), including addresses by Harold C. Lembke, Vice
President of Marketing, Hammond Organ Company, and executives of other
companies, XCTV, 82980
50 Ellen Jane Lorenz, "Church Organ
Techniques for Amateurs, Hammond Organ Edition," Lorenz Publishing
Company, K80P-6887.
51 Hammond Organ company, "Retail Sales
Development Program, Meeting No. 4" (Side 1, Chord Organ Demonstration;
Side 2, Console Organ Demonstration), XCTV-84547.
52 Hammond Organ Company, "Demo Record,
X-77 Hammond Organ," BRS 2489.
53 Hammond Organ Company, "Hammond Dealer
Radio Commercials," UR4G-1913.
54 "The Music Makers," 1965, 33 1/3
r.p.m., 7" diameter.
At
Chicago History Museum in Paintings and Sculpture:
55 Portrait (oil) of Laurens Hammond, signed
Marrill Chase Likan.
56 Hall of Fame Award presented to Laurens Hammond
by American Music Conference, June 25, 1978, consisting of glass note on square
metal base enclosed in glass and wood display case.
At
Chicago History Museum, Research Center:
Histories:
1
Majeski, John, Jr. The story of Hammond Organ, 25 years of leadership. 1960
(The Hammond Organ's first 25 years), reprinted from The Music Trades, May,
1960. 42 p.
2
When electrons sing, the story of Hammond Organ Company, a company that created
an Industry, 1934-66. Hammond Organ Company, 1966. 41 p.
3
Fifty years of musical excellence, Hammond Organ Company, 50th anniversary,
1934-1984. 16 p.
The
Hammond story, 1984, 4 p.
Annual
reports, 1930-1964.
Periodicals:
1 Hammond
Times, Vol. 7, No. 1 (July 1944) to Vol. 25, No. 6 (Feb 1964). 15 bound
volumes. 6 issues per year
2 Hammond
Times, Vol. 26, No. 1 (April 1964) to Vol. 32, No. 1 (Spring 1970). Loose
issues. Lacks Vol. 26, No. 6; Vol. 31, Nos. 1 and 5. 6 issues per yr.
3 Hammond
Times, 1976-84. Loose issues, incomplete. Vol. 33, No. 2 (Sept-Oct, 1976);
Vol. 34, No. 1 and 2; Vol. 35, No. 1 and 2; Vol. 36, No. 1; Vol. 37 , No. 1 and
2: Vol. 38, No. 1; Vol. 39, No. 1 and 2; Vol. 40, No. 1 (Spring, 1982) and an
unnumbered issue dated January, 1984.
4 List, Instructional articles, Hammond Times, typescript.
5 Hammond
Notes, Vol. 1, No. 1 (June 21, 1961) to Vol. 3, No. 8 (Aug 1970). In ring
binder. Numbering system changed several times: at first, Vol. 1, No. 1 (June
21, 1961) to Vol. 1, No. 5 (Feb 26, 1962). Then issue numbers without volume
numbers from Issue No. 1 (Nov 1962) to Issue No. 40 (Mar-Apr, 1966). Then
renamed Hammond Organ Key, vol. 1, No. 1 (May-June, 1966; missing) to Vol. 2,
No. 1 (May-June 1966). Then renamed Hammond Notes, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Dec, 1967) to
Vol. 3, No. 8 (Aug 1970)
6 Hammond
Dealer News, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer, 1967) to Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring, 1974).
14 issues. Incomplete.
7 Hammond
Organ Newsletter. Vol. 5, No. 3 and 4, n.d.
8 Hammond
NAMM Show Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2 (June, 1969)
9 Tips
for Teachers, a Publication for Hammond Organ Teachers, Vol. 7, No. 3
(June, 1968)
Books:
Irwin,
Stevens. Dictionary of Hammond-organ
stops. New York, G. Schirmer, Inc., c. 1939
Pamphlets:
1 Are you wondering about organs? n.d.,
7 p.
2 The competitive edge, Spring 1974
Hammond Organ professional sales conference, 1974. 22 p.
3 The electric organ, key to careers in
manufacturing. Selling, teaching, performing arts, n.d. 11 p.
4 Find the full joy of music by playing
it yourself ? on a Hammond Organ, n.d. 13 p.
5 49 tested plans to raise a church
organ fund, n.d. 7 p.
6 Hammond in the home, n.d. 11 p.
7 The Hammond concert organ, n.d.
8 A Hammond Happening! Teachers' Manual,
1980. 48 p. plus inserted sheets.
9 A Hammond Happening. It Should Happen
to You! Teacher's Manual 2nd edition. 1982. 53 p.
10 The Hammond organ exclusive harmonic
drawbars, n.d. 19 p.
11 Hammond organ guide for church music,
Vol. 1, n.d. 63 p.
12 Hammond organ in schools and colleges,
n.d.
13 Hammond, E.S.P., extraordinary sales
potential, a dynamic sales course for Hammond organ salesmen, n.d. 35 p.
14 Hammond SMC, sales master's clinic, a
master class for professional Hammond organ salesmen, n.d. 27 p.
15 The Hammond way, makin' it go at fair
and show, n.d. 13 p.
16 How to get a Hammond Organ for your
school, n.d. 10 p.
17 How to plan and run a successful group
teaching program, n.d.
18 How to raise the organ fund for your
church. n.d. 2 copies (different printings)
19 The hows, whys and what-fors of service
center operations, prepared by Product Service Dept., Hammond Organ Co., May
1974.
20 Meet the Hammond organ ? a new way of
life, n.d.
21 Meet the Hammond tonebar organ, 1969, 22
p.
22 The new sound of music can be you at the
Hammond organ, 1964. 19 p.
23 Partial list of the Hammond organ in
schools and colleges. 1962.
24 Sales talk in action, Hammond organ,
spinet models, console models, n.d. 47 p.
25 The science and sound of musical tone,
1969. 12 p.
26 Selecting the right organ; how to choose
the right organ for you, by Gladys Blair, n.d.
27 Starting your children on the pleasant
path to music, n.d.
28 Why we bought our Hammond organ, n.d.
29 Your keyboard to happiness ? with a
Hammond organ.
30 Your shopping center needs a Hammond
organ dealer, 1974.
Catalogs:
1 Hammond organs, n.d. 10 one-fourth
high x 15 one-half wide
2 Hammond organs, 1949. 15 p.
3 Hammond Organ, Music's most glorious
voice. n.d. 15 p.
4 Hammond Organ, Music's Most Glorious
Voice, 1951. 15 p.
5 The Hammond Organ, Music's Most
Glorious Voice, 1953, 18 p.
6 Music's Most Glorious Voice ? Hammond
organ, 1963. 23 p.
7 Music's Most Glorious Voice, Hammond
Organ, 1965. 23 p.
8 Music's Most Glorious Voice, n.d. 21
pp.
9 Hammond organ, institutional models
for churches & chapels, schools, public auditoriums, 1965.
10 What turns families on? Hammond organs,
n.d.
11 Organos Hammond. n.d.
12 Hammond organ, music catalog, n.d. 110
p.
Product
books:
(These
contain a color photograph and description of each model together with charts
comparing features of different model, in ring binders so that sections could
be added or changed from time to time.)
1 Hammond organ, music's most glorious
voice, organs, tone cabinets, pianos, 1967. Copy that belonged to Robert H.
Nelson.
2 Hammond organ, where it's happening,
about 1971. Sections on tonebar organs, tone wheel organs, all-tab organs,
electronic organs, tone cabinets and accessories, merchandising aids.
3 Hammond organ, where it's happening.
Note on title page states "7/67 + others". Note on cover states
"Composite of 3 issues less pianos, improved order, 4/23/77".
Includes all-tab organs, tonebar organs, electronic organs, in alphabetical
order by model number.
4 Specifications book. Photocopies of
sheets with specifications and prices of different models. Alphabetical order
by model in ring binder.
5 Ring binder containing separately
issued leaflets describing different models of organs, together with
photographs.
6 Hammond Organ Company, Product
Information, n.d. Binder containing photographs of organs mounted on sheets
with information on back concerning suggested list price, dealer discount,
dealer cost, gross margin
Product
information sheets:.
Leaflets,
product data sheets, specification sheets, and advertising pieces that describe
a specific model or series of models. 0.3 linear feet. Includes duplicates that
will be weeded and discarded later.
Price
lists:
Ring
binder containing price lists for organs issued by the Hammond Organ Company
from 1963-72. Also contains price lists for Everett pianos, Gibbs Special
Products Corporation (car stereo speakers, etc.), and Wells Lamont Corporation
(work, garden, and dress gloves).
Price
lists, 1968-84, in folder.
Examples
of information packets supplied to new owners:
Summary:
These consisted of an owner's guide, the first volume of an organ course, a
songbook, the warranty, and other leaflets. Because of duplication, especially
of organ courses and songbooks, only three examples were kept intact in plastic
sleeves.
1 For the Aurora Classic: Owners guide,
Hammond Touch Organ Course 1, Hammond Easy Play Songbook, warranty,
miscellaneous sheets.
2 For the Hammond Piper II: Owners
guide; Moonbeams, Piper II songbook Series; Hammond Touch Organ Course Chord
Finder; warranty, miscellaneous sheets.
3 For the Series 125XL: Hammond Fun
Folio (owner's guide); Hammond Touch Organ Course 1; Hammond Easy Play
Songbook; upper, lower, and pedal keyboard guides; warranty; miscellaneous
sheets.
Owner's
manuals and playing guides:
1 General guide for tonebar organs
2 Hammond Organ Owner's Playing Guide
for Console Models D-100, RT-3, B-3, C-3 and A-100 Series
3 Locking Top Consoles, Owner's Playing
Guide, for models A-105, B-3. C-3,. D-152RT-3
4 Hammond Spinet Organ Playing Guide
5 Aurora Classic Owners Guide
6 Autochord II, 9200C/9500C, Play the
Hammond Autochord way now
7 Autochord registration and rhythm
charts for 5100, 7100 series, 9200, 9500 series
8 Cadette Series, Hammond's New 10-Day
Instant Play, instruction book with record entitled "Play a Tune-a Day the
New Instant-Play Hammond Way."
9 Century Owners guide
10 Chord Organ Owner's Playing Guide
11 Meet the Hammond Chord Organ
12 Chord organ, Let's have more fun at the
Hammond chord organ, laying tips by Ted Branin.
13 Colonnade Owners Guide
14 Commodore Owners Guide
15 Condor Sound System Owner's Manual
16 Everett Organ, Owner's Playing Guide
17 Everett Spinet Organ, Everyone can learn
to play the Everett spinet organ using this easy system
18 Extravoice Organ, Owner's Instruction
sheet
19 Novachord, Introduction, Directions for
Playing
20 Piper Autochord, Follow ? the Piper
Autochord, Owner's Playing Guide
21 Piper Autochord, Follow the Piper
Autochord to instant playing fun
22 The Hammond Piper II leads the way to
musical fun
23 Sounder Playing guide for Models I and
III
24 Introducing the Hammond Sounder III
25 Sounder, Comment Jouer de l'orgue
(French and English)
26 Synthesizer Demo Guide
27 Synthesizer with Auto-Patch, (Playing
guide)
28
B-300, Owner's Manual
29
E-100, E-300, Owners Manual
30
E-100, E-300, Owners Manual (another version)
31
E-200 Series Church Organ, Owners Manual
32
H-Series, Owner's Playing Guide
33
H-Series, Institutional Owner's Manual
34
H-100 Series, Owners Manual
35
H-100 Series, Owner's Manual (another version)
36 J-Series
spinets, Owner's Playing Guide
37
J-100 Series, Owner's Manual
38
J-200 Series, Owner's Manual
39
L-Series and M-Series, Owner's Playing Guide
40
L-Series and M Series, Owner's Playing Guide (another version)
41
L-Series and T-Series, Supplement to Owner's Manuals
42
L-100 Series, Owner's Playing Guide
43
L-100A, Owner's Manual Supplement
44
M-100 Series, Owner's Playing Guide
45
M-100A, Owner's Manual Supplement
46
R-Series, Owner's Playing Guide
47
S-100 Series, Chord Organ, Owner's Playing Guide
48
T-Series, Owner's Playing Guide
49
T-Series, Owner's Manual
50
T-Series, Institutional Owner's Manual
51 VS
Series, Owner's Playing Guide
52
X-2 Guide
53
X-5 Guide
54
X-66 Owner's Manual
55
X-66 Playing Guide
56
X-77 Owner's Manual
57
Xtp, Owner's Playing Guide
58
Model 123, Hammond Fun Folio Owner's manual)
59
Model 123 XL, Hammond Fun Folio (Owner's manual)
60
Series 123-124 (Romance), Special Effects Guide
61
Model 125, Hammond Fun Folio (owner's manual)
62
Models 134/136, Owners Guide
63
Models 346-350, the Laurena Hammond, Owner's Guide (This model was planned for
production starting in1985 but was never produced because the company was
sold.)
64
Model 810, Owner's Manual
65
Model 820, Owner's Manual
66
Models 810 and 820, Institutional Demonstration Guide
67
2100 Series, Meet the Hammond (owner's manual)
68
Model 2300, Hammond Portfolio, Playing Guide
69
4000 Series, Meet the Hammond (owner's manual)
70
5000 Series, Meet Your Hammond (owner's manual)
71
7100 Series, Meet Your Hammond Organ (owner's manual)
72
Models 8100 and 8200, Hammond Portfolio, Playing Guide
73
Model 8200, Hammond Portfolio, Playing Guide
74
9000 Series, Hammond Portfolio, Playing guide
75
9000 Series, Meet Your Hammond (owner's manual)
76
9400 Series, Meet Your Hammond (owner's manual)
77
11100 Series, Meet the Hammond (owner's manual)
78
Series 123200, Hammond Fun Folio (owner's manual)
79
Models 123300 and 124300, Su Manual Hammond de Diversion Musical (Spanish
edition for models
80 123 and 124 renumbered 123300 and 124300)
81 Series 124200, Hammond Fun Folio
(owner's manual)
82 Composer 138100, Owners Guide
83 Model 16000, Hammond Portfolio, Playing
Guide
Instruction
books for Hammond Organ courses:
1 Hammond
Organ Course, Teacher's Manual, 1966
2 Hammond
Organ Course, Musical Appendix, 1966
3 Hammond
Organ Course, Introductory Manual, 1966
4 Sheet Music, No. 1 to No. 20, 1966, to
accompany Hammond Organ Course, Introductory Manual, 1966
5 A Teacher's Guide to Hammond touch,
the new Hammond organ course, 1971
6 Hammond Touch 1, a beginning guide to
playing fun, the new Hammond organ course, 1971
7 Hammond Chord Finder, 1971
8 Hammond Touch, Registration Chart,
1973
9 Hammond Touch I, organ course, second
edition, a beginning guide to playing fun, 1978
10 The New Hammond Organ Course, 1979
(sheets in folder
11 Touch Organ Course, third edition, a
beginning guide to playing fun, Part I, 1980
12 Touch Organ Course, third edition, a
beginning guide to playing fun, Part 1, using Hammond's most recent organ
features, 1982
13 Touch Organ Corse/Orgel-Kursus/Cours
D'Orgue/Curso De Organo, third edition, a beginning guide to playing fun
(English, German, French, Italian), 1980
14 Hammond Organ Teachers' Handbook, by
Porter Heaps, n.d.
15 Compose-A-Chord, Your personal Hammond
teacher, 1982 (sheets in folder)
16 Introducing the Pointer System for the
Hammond organ, Pre-book I.
Music
collections and songbooks for Hammond Organ:
1 Beginnings, Easy Plan Music Series
2 The Chapel Hour, Preludes,
Offertories, Postludes
3 Easy Play Songbook
4 Easy Play Songbook, Composer Series
5 E-Z Play Today Songbook
6 Everyone Can Learn to Play the Hammond
Spinet Organ, Here's Where The Fun Begins, 30000 Series, K-100 Series
Music
collections and songbooks for Hammond Autochord:
1 Jet Set
2 Jigsaw
Music
collections and songbooks for Piper Autochord:
1 The Piper Autochord Songbook, 50 Top
Hits
2 All Flavors, 23 Favorites
3 Flamin'Pops, 23 Swingin' Hits
4 Forget-Me-Nots, 23 Golden Oldies
5 Harmony Grits, 23 Country Hits
6 Hymns For all, 23 Songs of Faith
7 Lead the Band
8 Light ?n' Lively, 25 Mixed Standards
9 Love Notes, 25 Nostalgic Songs
10 Peaches ?n' Cream 25 Pop Standards
11 Pops ?n' Stuff, 25 Top Hits
12 Right On, 25 Super Pops
13 The Singables, 25 Sing-Alongs
14 Unforgettables, 25 Irving Berlin Hits
15 Yule Songfest, 25 Christmas Songs
Piper
II songbook series:
1 After Hours, 19 Easy-To-Play Melodies
2 Classy Classics, 19 Classical Themes
3 Moonbeams, 19 Top Standards
4 Pizza Parlor Fun, 19 Singalong
Favorites
5 Safe ?n' Breezy, 19 All-Time Requests
Music
collections and songbooks for the Sounder Organ:
1 Chow Chow
2 Classique
3 Latin Caravan
4 Mistletoe
5 Pop Melange
6 Show Biz
7 Tossed Salad
8 21 Flavors
Playing
guides and songbooks with cassette tapes:
1 Hammond Sound 1, The New Hammond Cassette
Series, songbook plus cassette tape entitled Hammond Sound 1 containing
"Merrily We Roll Along," "When the Saints Go Marching In,"
etc. (A music minus one tape providing orchestral background.)
2 The Piper Autochord Playing Guide, 25
Popular songs, with cassette entitled Lead the Band containing "Alley Cat
Song," "Spanish Eyes," etc. (A music minus one tape providing
orchestral background.)
3 The Piper Autochord Lead the Band
(song collection), with cassette entitled Lead the Band (not same as preceding
cassette) containing "Alfie," "Moon River," etc. (A music
minus one tape providing orchestral background.)
4 The Piper Autochord Cassette Library.
Cassette holder with two cassettes: (1) Orientation Tape, and (2) Lead the Band
Tape.
At
Chicago History Museum in Prints and Photographs:
Photographs
mostly 8x10 b&w prints; some 8x10 color prints, and some 35 mm. color
transparencies:
Photographs
of Laurens Hammond:
1 Portrait
2 Portrait (another pose)
3 Hammond with stereoscope viewing
device that he invented (patented 1922)
4 Hammond at console of Model A organ,
c. 1935.
5 Hammond standing beside Model A organ,
c. 1935
6 Hammond with John Hanert at console of
Novachord, c. 1939.
7 Hammond at console with John Hanert
testing Solovox, c. 1940 (2 views)
8 Hammond, Alec Templeton, and others
with Novachord, 1939 (3 views)
9 Hammond with Fahey Flynn, 1956, for TV
program "this is the Midwest" (3 views)
10 Office with oil painting of Hammond
11 8 other views of Hammond with organs or
electronic apparatus
Photographs
of staff of the Hammond Organ Company;
6
items
Photographs
of Hammond Organ Company buildings:
10
items
Photographs
of organists playing Hammond organs:
1 Phil Baker, 1939
2 Ernesto Barbini, assistant conductor,
Metropolitan Opera, 1951
3 Irv Carroll with Solovox at Jack
Dempsey's Restaurant
4 Buddy Cole, 1945
5 Del Courtney at Service Men's Center,
1942
6 Dezzo D'Antalffy (organist at Radio
City Music Hall) at Hammond Model E
7 Milt Herth (3 views)
8 Porter Heaps
9 Hildegarde at the Solovox at the Savoy
Plaza, New York (3 views)
10 Lotta Lehmann (Metropolitan Opera star)
at the Novachord
11 Fritz Reiner at the Hammond Model A with
Lauritz Melchior and Mrs. Melchior nearby
12 Sigmund Romberg at the Hammond Model M
13 Sigmund Romberg receiving plaque from
Paul Owsley when Romberg purchased first Novachord, 1939 (3 views)
14 Albert Schweitzer at the Concert Model
RT-3
15 Hazel Scott at the Solovox
16 Ethel Smith
17 Ethel Smith with Arthur Fiedler and the
Boston Pops Orchestra (3 views)
18 Lawrence Welk with Donald Sauvey, Bob
Ralston (organist), and John Felice, 1981
19 Paul Whiteman at the Hammond Model A
In
motion pictures:
1 Virginia Bruce in "The wooden
Wedding," MGM
2 Virginia Bruce with Robert Montgomery
in "The Wooden Wedding" MGM (2 views)
3 Fifi D'Orsay at Hammond Model B in
Three Legionnaires." RKO-Pathe
4 Dolly Loehr at Hammond Model E in
"Hard Boiled Canary," Paramount
5 Robert Paige at Hammond Model C with
Vera Ralston in "The Flame," 1948
6 Irving Pichel at Hammond Model B in
"Armored Car," Universal, 1937
7 Cesar Romero at Hammond Model B in
"Armored Car, Universal, 1937
8 Cesar Romero at Hammond Model B with
Robert Wilcox in "Armored Car," Universal, 1937
9 Robert Wilcox at Hammond Model B in
"Armored Car," Universal, 1937
10 Unidentified actress in fox Movietone
fashion newsreel, 1940
Unidentified
people at Concorde, Maverick, and other Hammond organs, 5 items
Of
specific organ models:
410
B/W and color 8x10 prints, and about 15 small color transparencies.
These
are arranged by model number:
1 A-X77
2 125-820165
By
name: of organ subassemblies from Engineering Department: about 100 small
prints and 20 color transparencies.
Of
tone cabinets: 7 items
Of
pianos: 11 items
Of
automatic bridge table (patented in 1932): 21 items
Of miscellaneous
views: 20 items
Negatives
(4x5 and 8x10): About 60 items
Slides:
299 35 mm. slides in three carousels:
1 Unmarked tray. Concerns development of
Hammond Organ Co. 53 slides
2 Tray A, Gerry Scott, Salesmaster. 137
slides. Concerns different organ models and sales strategies.
3 Tray B, J. C. Crum. 109 slides. Sales
strategies.
Posters:
1 "Fifty years of musical
excellence," 11x8 1/2"
2 "Hammond, twenty-seven reasons
why we're still number one, 13 1/2x11"
3 "Hammond concert ? featuring Ed
Galley," 13 3/4 x17 3/4"
4 "The Hammond Golden Jubilee
Album. Free! Hammond Golden Jubilee LP Record Album," 12 1/2 x 25"
5 "The Hammond Sounder makes the
impossible possible," Duke Ellington, 20x14 3/4"
6 "Hearing is believing, take part
in a ?Don Lewis experience,'" 18x14
7 "Made in the U.S.A. Made for you!
Hammond organ," 11x17"
8 "Musical Drop-out? Go
Hammond," 16x12 1/2"
9 "Redeem your Hammond coupons
here," 18x35"
10 "Win a trip to an organ festival
from Hammond," 35 x23"
Posters
on posterboard designed to stand on counters:
1 "Buy me and receive a $100 value
music pack free," 5 x 7"
2 "Duke Ellington on the Hammond
Piper," 12 3/4 x 9 3/4"
3 "Hammond's composer
sweepstakes," 1x8 1/2"
4 "Hammond ? the first name in
organ sound," 1 3/4 x 8 1/2 "
5 "Hammond's toast to champagne
music ? Lawrence Welk ?" 11 x 8 1/2"
Transfer
decal (with text and design in reverse): a figure representing a piper carrying
a Piper organ, with text "I played the Piper II, How about you?"
Color (red, yellow, black). 14 3/4 x 12 "Sound motion pictures concerning
the Hammond Organ company (16 mm. unless otherwise specified):
1
"The Beginning," history of Hammond Organ Co., 1972, 7" reel, 8
minutes (3 copies).
2
"Creative Prospecting," A Dallas Jones Production, n.d., B/W, 7"
reel.
3
"Denny McClain/Joey Bishop Show," Jan 8, 1969, 7" reel.
4
"Hammond Organ."
5
"Hammond Organ Showcase," Dec 9, 1964, 10" reel
6
"Hammond Organ, Part 1", WTTW Channel 11, 1970, 12" reel.
7
"Hammond Organ, Part 9," WTTW Channel 11, 1970, 12" reel
8
"Hammond Organ," Piper Organ demonstration by Tom Thompson, 1971,
10" reel.
9
"Hammond Piper Presents Make Music" (Part I, Retail, Consumer; Part
II, Retail), produced by Take Ten, Inc., n.d., 12" reel.
10
"How to Demonstrate a Piper," 1971, WTTW Recording Services, 10"
reel.
11
"Interpretations in Tone," A History of Organs, Fred A. Niles
Productions, n.d., composite B/W TV release print, 7" reel (2 copies).
12
"The Kind of Music You Want," A Dallas Jones Production, n.d.
12" reel.
13
"Meet the Organ #3, Music for Worship," Film & Video Tape
Division, WTTW Channel 11, 1963, 12" reel
14
"Meet the Organ #5, Organ in the ?60s," Film & Video Tape
Division, WTTW Channel 11, 1963, 12" reel.
15
"Music for Our Church," a Dallas Jones Production, n.d., 10"
reel.
16
"Music for Your Church," a Dallas Jones Production, n.d., 12"
433l, 20 minutes.
17
"Music to Live By," A Burt Monk Production, n.d., 9" reel.
18
"Playtime is Paytime," Fred A. Niles Productions, n.d., B/W release
print #3, 9" reel.
19
"The Science of Sound and Musical Tone," 1968, Brought To You Free by
Hammond Organ ? from Modern Talking Picture Service, 16 mm. sound film.
20
"The Science of Sound and Musical Tone," produced for Burt Monk
Productions by Geo. W. Colburn Lab, Aug. 8, 1968, 8 mm. 2 rolls (not on reels),
one 7" diameter, one 9" diameter, both in one 11" diameter can.
21
"Success with Creative Selling. A Dallas Jones Production, No. 6, n.d.,
12" reel.
22
"Your Voice in a New Market," Fred A. Niles Productions, n.d.,
composite print # 11, 9" reel.
Videotapes
produced for the Hammond Organ Co
1 Hammond Network Presents
"Concorde with Rosemary", 1973.
2 Hammond Video Network Presents
"Duke Ellington Presents ?The Piper,'" 1973.
3 "Hammond Organ," Treeflower
Films, 1976.
4 "Hammond Organ", Jerry Scott
"The Trap", n.d.
5 Hammond Video Network, "Product
Presentation for Retail Salesman, "The Hammond Tonebars," n.d.
6 Hammond Video Network, "Product
Presentation for Retail Salesman, ?The Sounder,'" n.d.
7 Hammond-Lawrence Welk,"
Advertisement for Lawrence Welk album featuring Hammond organ, Dec 4, 1980.
Also audio cassette and open reel audio tape versions of "Lawrence Welk
album offer," Dec 3, 1980; and "Hammond L. Welk," Jan 9, 1981.