hammond

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Any of a number of places in the US and Canada named after persons with the surname
A male given name transferred from the surname
A patronymic surname derived from several different Norman given names (related to Henry and Norwegian Amund)
An English surname derived from a Norman name

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Hammond organ
A type of electronic organ with a highly distinctive sound

Georgie Fame plays all types of keyboards including electric piano, organ, and Hammond organ.

Hammond organs
plural form of Hammond organ
Glenn Hammond Curtiss
born May 21, 1878, Hammondsport, N.Y., U.S. died July 23, 1930, Buffalo, N.Y. U.S. aviation pioneer. He initially built engines for motorcycles. In 1904 he built a motor for a dirigible, and in 1908 he flew an experimental plane to win the first public U.S. flight of 1 km (0.6 mi). In 1911 he built the first practical seaplane and was awarded the first contract to build airplanes for the U.S. Navy. His factories later supplied planes to Britain and Russia as well. His best-known plane was the JN-4, or "Jenny," a trainer widely used in World War I and later by barnstormers. His company later merged with the Wright Company to become the Curtiss-Wright Corporation
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