The Rise in Popularity of the Electric Organ

As principal at MK Law, LLC, Mariana Karampelas deals with civil litigation and real estate issues. During her spare time, Mariana Karampelas enjoys playing music, including the piano and electric organ.

1. The Rise in Popularity of the Electric Organ Mariana Karampelas

2. Introduction As principal at MK Law, LLC, Mariana Karampelas deals with civil litigation and real estate issues. During her spare time, Mariana Karampelas enjoys playing music, including the piano and electric organ. The electronic or electric organ has had a long path to the popularity it enjoys in many genres today. The first electronic organ was created in 1897 by Thaddeus Cahill, and while it proved that an organ's reeds and pipes could be replaced with magnetic tonewheels , it weighed 200 tons. It wasn't until the 1930s that the home electronic organ was available, with the Hammond Organ introduced in 1935 replacing reed organs almost entirely.

3. Electric Organ These early electric organs proved popular with college and church organists as practice instruments. The electric organ overtook the reed organ in many genres over the following years. Artists from the 1960s like Bob Dylan and The Doors introduced the sound of the electric organ to pop culture, and performers in genres like acid rock and gospel subsequently adopted it in earnest. The steady democratization of the electric organ has continued up to the present, with synthesizer, digital, and computer organs giving even home musicians access to the powerful sounds of the organ.