Sauvey and his entire staff look forward to even greater achievements for the organization which launched the organ industry. The stories they could tell would fill volumes.Īs we review the past 50 years and the great strides which have been made by the company since the first Hammond Organ was invented in 1934, President Donald R. During the past 50 years, Hammond Organs have been sold throughout the world to the tune of well over a billion dollars.
Today the Hammond name is known and respected around the world. The Hammond Organ story began in a loft over an Evanston grocery store, for it was there, even before an electric organ was contemplated, that the organization was born that was to become the founder and leading member of an industry.
