List of Lowrey organs
Lowrey organs were originally made in Chicago, Illinois (prior to 2011) and have been played in churches and by professional and home musicians since the 1950s.[1] Lowrey entered the portable keyboard market in the early 1980s with the Wandering Genie, which was succeeded by the Japanese-made Micro Genie line. In January of 2019, Kawai, the owner of the brand, announced it would cease all production of Lowrey Organs. This list of models is incomplete.
Organs[]
Image | Model Name / Number | Years sold new | Description |
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Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 | 1968 | Organ with 2 44 key manuals, 13 bass pedals, built-in spring reverb, Leslie effect, and marimba effect famously known from Baba O'Reilly by The Who played by Pete Townshend.[2] | |
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Carnival (C500) | 1978 | Automatic bass, rhythm and accompaniment. Two keyboards and bass pedals.[3] |
Coronation | |||
Cotillion | 1983 | Theatre organ with memory presets and extensive features, including human voices and other sound effects. | |
Debut (L-65) | 1981 | ||
Debut (L-70) | 1982 | Featured two keyboards and Magic Genie. | |
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DSO / DSO-1 | Unknown; 1962 at earliest | Home spinet organ. Two 3½-octave manuals and 1-octave pedals. Includes Leslie tremolo, a chime effect stop, and a "glide" switch on the side of the volume pedal. The "-1" adds an Automatic Orchestra Control (AOC) and Repeat stops (the two red stops on the right-side bank in the picture). |
Encore (M-100) | 1979 | ||
Festival | 1960-1966 | Two 61-note keyboards. 25 bass pedals.[4] Features Automatic Orchestra,[5] glide control, percussion and "Moving Stereo" controls.[6] | |
GAKH25 / GAK25H | 1983 | Console. | |
Genie (L-5) | 1972-79[7][8] | Featured walking basses and rhythm section.[9] One finger play.[3] | |
Genie (L-10) | 1979 | ||
Genie (L-15) | 1979 | ||
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Genie 44 | 1975 | |
Genie 88 | 1975 | ||
Genie 98 | 1975 | ||
Genius | |||
Fiesta (L25) | 1982-1984 | ||
Heritage | |||
Holiday | 1966[9]-1983 | ||
Holiday (D-325) | 1978 | Two keyboards with Magic Genie.[10] | |
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Holiday Deluxe | 1972-1974[11] | |
Jamboree (TG 88) | 1978-1979 | ||
Jupiter | 1974[11] | Featured Automatic Orchestra and Leslie Speaker.[5] | |
LC-88 | 1980 | ||
Mardi Gras (L-55) | 1982-1983 | Featured four channels, double keyboard and Magic Genie chords. | |
MX-1 | 1981-1984 | ||
Organo | 1956 | 60-note organ for attaching to a "standard piano"[12] | |
Pageant
(M-150) |
1982 | ||
Parade | 1981 | ||
Saturn Deluxe | 1974[11] | ||
Spinet | 1956[13] | ||
Stereo Jubilee | 1977[14] | ||
Stereo Genie 98-1 | 1977 | Features Automatic Organ Computer and Lowrey Glide.[15] | |
Super Genie | 1974-1975[11] | ||
Symphonic Holiday | 1975[16]-1977[14] | Four channels, 88 keys, two keyboards, Magic Genie. | |
Teenie Genie | 1974-1976[17] | Rhythm and auto-bass pedal accompaniment.[18] | |
TG44-1 | 1977 | Two keyboards and bass pedals.[19] | |
TG44BK | 1977 | Two keyboards, pedals and built in cassette recorder.[20] | |
TG98 | |||
TGB | 1977[19] | ||
Theatre HR-98 | Complete professional theatre organ.[18] | ||
Venus | 1974 |
Portable organs[]
Some of Lowrey's portable organs were made in Japan and based on JVC designs.
Image | Model Name / Number | Years produced | Description |
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L-2 Wandering Genie | 1980-1982 | Portable organ with Genie accompaniment. Effects include variable sustain, "repeat" setting with adjustable tempo and "glide" (single-tone pitch bender). | |
Micro Genie V60 | Rebranded version of JVC KB-300/KB-303.[21] | ||
Micro Genie V100 | 49 keys. 8 note polyphony. Rebranded version of JVC KB-500.[21] | ||
Micro Genie V101 | 1982-1987 | 49 keys. 8 note polyphony.[22] Rebranded version of JVC KB-500.[21] | |
Micro Genie V120 | 1985- | 61 full sized keys.[23] Rebranded version of JVC KB-700.[21] | |
Micro Genie V105 | 1986- | Hybrid of JVC KB-600 & KB-800.[21] Features include MIDI in and out, AUX in and out, MIC in with adjustable gain. Expression pedal input. | |
Micro Genie V125 | Rebranded version of JVC KB-808.[21] | ||
Micro Genie Pro V600 | 49 keys. Programmable. MIDI in and out.[24] Came with "guitar strum" accessory. Rebranded version of JVC KB-800.[21] |
References[]
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- ^ "Pete's Gear: Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 organ: Baba O'Reilly/Won't Get Fooled Again 'synthesizer' sound". thewho.net. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
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- ^ "Lowrey Organ Headquarters - Home of the Genie advertisement (1972)". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
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- ^ Bujor Florin Lucian (2018-04-04), Demo 1978 Lowrey D-325, retrieved 2019-04-10
- ^ a b c d "Lowrey organ sale advertisement (1974)". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ "Lowrey Organo advertisement (1956)". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ "Lowrey Spinet Organ advertisement (1956)". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ a b "Lowrey makes magic - organ advertisement (1977)". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
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- ^ treasurec0ve (2012-11-08), 1975 LOWREY "Symphonic Holiday" ORGAN for SALE $100 ...GREAT DEAL!, retrieved 2019-04-10
- ^ "Lowrey Teenie Genie advertisement (1974)". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ a b "Lowrey organ advertisement (1976)". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ a b "New Lowrey organ advertisement (1977)". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
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- ^ a b c d e f g "JVC instruments rebranded as Lowrey". jvckeyboards.tripod.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ "Lowrey Micro Genie V101". Keyboard Kountry. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ Kevin (2017-03-31). "Audio Trough: Instrument Review - Lowrey Micro Genie V-120 a.k.a. JVC KB-700". Audio Trough. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ "Lowrey Micro Genie Pro V600 Black & white | Glenn Giles". reverb.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
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