Manufacturers Index

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• Hammond Organ Company — Chicago company (1928-1985) that built ~2 million organs; brand now owned by Suzuki.
• Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation — Japanese conglomerate that acquired the Hammond and Leslie brands and now produces the Hammond-Suzuki line.
• Korg — Maker of the 1980 CX-3 / BX-3 analog clonewheels (and, since 1992, of Vox).
• Roland Corporation — Maker of the VK-1, VK-7, VK-8 lineage of clonewheels (1978 onward).
• Clavia — Swedish maker of the Nord line of stage keyboards and combo organs.
• Farfisa — Italian maker of cheap transistor combo organs (Compact, 1964); the B-3's portability/price rival.
• Vox — British amp maker (1957); its 1962 Continental drawbar combo organ is the classic transistor rival.
• RMI (Rocky Mount Instruments) — Allen Organ subsidiary (1966-1982) making the Electra-pianos in Jon Lord's and Brian Auger's rigs.
• Marshall Amplification — British amp maker (1962); the overdriven stacks Jon Lord used to make the Hammond heavy.