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If you’ve been watching the Stanley Cup or baseball lately, chances are you’ve heard a direct descendant of Laurens Hammond’s 1934 invention – the electric organ. Hammond, ’16, created the inexpensive alternative to pipe organs that immediately found a home in churches, ballparks, and ice rinks.