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Electrophonic organs

Electrophonic organs a class of *electrophonic instrs. that are furnished with an organ console and that usually imitate the tone of the conventional pipe organ. They have been produced both experimentally and commercially since ca. 1930. As variants of electronic circuits are patentable, it follows that no 2 makers use identical means of tone generation, timbre construction, or other tonal characteristics. A partial list of such organs follows: A.W.B. organ, Allen organ, Baldwin organ, Compton…

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