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01/07/1973 Laurens Hammond, the inventor of the Hammond organ, dies

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Hammond Organ Film

Laurens Hammond was an American engineer and inventor. His inventions include, most famously, the Hammond organ, the Hammond clock, and the world's first polyphonic musical synthesizer, the Novachord. During his life, he held 110 patents. He was married to Roxana Scoville and had one daughter. He died in Cornwall, Connecticut, aged 78.
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