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-(The following article by John Majeski, Jr. appeared in the may 1960 issue of "Music Trades" magazine and provides a unique insight in the first 25 years of Hammond history. All information in this article is only accurate as far as known at that time. That was the same year that Laurens Hammond retired.) 
+(The following article by John Majeski, Jr. appeared in the May 1960 issue of "Music Trades" magazine and provides a unique insight in the first 25 years of Hammond history. All information in this article is only accurate as far as known at that time. This article was published the same year that Laurens Hammond retired, and one year after the Russians launched the first Earth-orbiting satellite, referred to below as "sputnick" .) 
  
 *A Historic View 
  
 Henry Ford's marketing foresight may have been slightly clouded when he uttered some of his opinions, notably, "The public can have any color Model T they want, providing it's black." But twenty five years ago last month when he placed the first order for a Hammond Organ, a week before it was announced to the public, he displayed a prophetic recognition of the organ's future market. "In twenty years, there should be one in every home in America," he declared to Emory Penny. 

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