Orgatron

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The Orgatron was an electronic organ originally developed in 1934 by Frederick Albert Hoschke, after a Benjamin F. Miessner patent.^[1][2] A fan blew air over a set of free reeds, causing them to vibrate. These vibrations were detected by a number of capacitive pickups, before being amplified to create musical tones.

After the death of Hoschke in 1936, Orgatron was manufactured by Everett Piano Company. In 1946, Rudolph Wurlitzer Company bought the patent, and Wurlitzer Electrostatic organ was manufactured in the period from 1947 to 1961.^[3]

Wurlitzer Model 44 electrostatic organ (1953/54)^[4]

See also

• Electrostatic pickup
• Everett Piano Company
• Rudolph Wurlitzer Company

References

• "The Everett Orgatron". The American Organist. July 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7161/is_200907/ai_n32332485/.  American Guild of Organists

1. ^ Richard Kassel (2006). Douglas Earl Bush, Richard Kassel. ed. The organ: an encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 168. ISBN 978-0-415-94174-7. http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=cgDJaeFFUPoC&lpg=PA168&ots=nNTZ_igS-L&dq=%22Frederick%20Albert%20Hoschke%22%201934&pg=PA168#v=onepage&q=%22Frederick%20Albert%20Hoschke%22%201934&f=false. 
2. ^ Miessner, Benjamin F. (Miessner Inventions, Inc.) (1936). "Electronic Music and Instruments". Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers 24 (11): 1427–63. http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/archives/miessner/em1936.htm. 
3. ^ Eric Larson. "Wurlitzer Electrostatic Organs". http://theatreorgans.com/hammond/keng/kenhtml/WurlizerESEricb.htm. 
4. ^ Frank Pugno. "Wurlitzer Organs". VintageHammond.com. http://www.theatreorgans.com/hammond/keng/kenhtml/wurlitzer%20organs%20by%20frank%20pugno.htm. 

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