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Orgatron|ˈɔːgətrɒn|
[f. organ n.1 + electronic a.]
A kind of electronic organ.
Registered as a trade mark in the U.S. in 1935 but this mark was later cancelled. It was re-registered as a trade mark in 1975.
1935Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 16 July 518/2 Everett Piano Company, Chicago, Ill... Orgatron..For Musical instruments—Namely, Key-Board Instruments for Producing Pipe Organ Tones through Electronic Means. Claims use since Apr. 12, 1935. 1935Piano Trade Mag. May 8 The Everett Piano Co., South Haven, Mich., this month announces its new musical instrument, the Orgatron, an electronic instrument with the tone of a fine pipe organ. 1937Sun (Baltimore) 12 Nov. 19/4 The feature of the entertainment program will be a recital each afternoon and evening on ‘The Orgatron’, one of the latest developments of the electric organ. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 599/1 Orgatron (Acous.), an electronic musical instrument using the pneumatic action of a reed organ. The electrical current for the operation of radiating loudspeakers is obtained by electrostatic pick-ups operated by the motion of the languids of the air-operated reeds, using adequate amplifiers. 1959Collins Mus. Encycl. 218/1 The Everett Orgatron..amplifies the vibration of harmonium reeds. 1975Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 1 Apr. TM 23/1 GTR Products, Inc., Cranford, N.J... Orgatron. For Electronic Organs..First use Oct. 29, 1973. |