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-Before Hammond made organs, he made clocks. These were the first clocks to use synchronous AC motors --- their speed was locked to the 60hz line frequency (or 50hz, which was used in some parts of the US for awhile --- but that's another story.) 
+Before Laurens Hammond made organs, he made clocks. These were the first clocks to use synchronous AC motors --- their speed was locked to the 60hz line frequency (or 50hz, which was used in some parts of the US for awhile --- but that's another story.) 
  
 Just like the __run__ motor in a Hammond organ, Hammond clocks were not self-starting. There was a knob labeled "spin to start" in the back of each clock, which you (surprise) spun to start. (Yes, if you spin the knob backwards, the clock will run backwards.) 
  
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