The Wave Organ is a sculpture located in San Francisco, California. It was constructed on the shore of San Francisco Bay in May 1986 by the Exploratorium...
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The waves interact with the organ and create somewhat random but harmonic sounds. Bašić also designed the nearby Monument to the Sun. The Sea Organ has...
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sampling organ, marketed 1935–1940s One of the earlier electric tonewheel organs was conceived and manufactured by Morse Robb, of the Robb Wave Organ Company...
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The Robb Wave Organ is an electronic organ invented in 1927 by Canadian inventor F. Morse Robb in Belleville, Ontario. It uses a unique type of tone wheel...
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sea", is one of a few examples of a tidal organ; others include the San Francisco Wave Organ and the Sea Organ in Croatia. The sculpture was designed by...
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The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced...
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The Penfield mood organ is a fictional device in Philip K. Dick's 1968 science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? that is used to modify...
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In biology, the electric organ is an organ that an electric fish uses to create an electric field. Electric organs are derived from modified muscle or...
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– Kitchener, Ontario Minshall Organ Company – London, Ontario Phoenix Organs – Peterborough, Ontario The Robb Wave Organ Company – Belleville, Ontario...
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about 1977 when new wave artists such as Blondie, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads and XTC used them. More recently, vintage combo organs have been used by...
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