- LOWREY ORGAN DEBUT WITH MAGIC GENIE FULL
- LOWREY ORGAN DEBUT WITH MAGIC GENIE PORTABLE
- LOWREY ORGAN DEBUT WITH MAGIC GENIE PRO
Automatic Orchestra Control, later renamed Automatic Organ Computer, came on the scene in 1963. In 1961, Lowrey’s first home organ with a built-in Leslie speaker appeared as the Holiday Deluxe Model LSL. The Glide dropped the pitch of the organ about a semi-tone and cancelled the vibrato. " In 1956, the Glide, a foot switch located on the left side of the expression pedal, was introduced, permitting the effects of a Hawaiian guitar “glide”, the smear of a trombone, the glissando of singing strings and the effect of a calliope. On October 5, 2018, Vice-President of Lowery Division of Kawai America Corp., Seijiro Imamura, announced that Lowery Organ production would cease in January 2019.
LOWREY ORGAN DEBUT WITH MAGIC GENIE PRO
They including the MicroGenie V60, V100/101, V105, V120, V125 and MicroGenie Pro V600 (which was programmable and had MIDI capability).
LOWREY ORGAN DEBUT WITH MAGIC GENIE PORTABLE
In the 1980s, Lowrey launched the MicroGenie series of portable organs. In the late 1970s, selling features of Lowrey home organs included Magic Genie Chords, Track III Rhythm and the Automatic Organ Computer. The extra effects included "Repeat", "Glide", and "Trumpet Wow-wow". They had several additional features that made their sound distinctive from the Lowrey models. The Gibson branded organs' design and circuitry were based on Lowrey's "T-1", "T-2", "TLO-R" and "Holiday" spinet models. The most popular of these was made in 1966, called the Kalamazoo K-101, but was soon renamed the Gibson G-101. Later Models įrom 1966 to 1971, Lowrey produced combo organs for the guitar maker Gibson. The Gotye song State of the Art was written to showcase the sounds of the Lowrey Cotillion model D-575. Mike Oldfield made use of the instrument quite extensively on his Tubular Bells album, and on several later albums as well. The Who song " Baba O'Riley" used a Lowrey Organ, on a percussive "marimba repeat" setting, to give the synthesizer-like background noise.
Ī Lowrey DSO Heritage organ was used to produce the opening for " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". It was used to help create a fairground atmosphere. The Beatles' 1967 song " Being for the Benefit of Mr. Its sound can be heard prominently on the 1968 recording of " Chest Fever", which begins with a Bach-inspired prelude/intro. Garth Hudson, the keyboardist of The Band, played a Lowrey Festival organ on many of the group's most notable songs. In the 1960s and 1970s, Lowreys were used by some rock groups.
LOWREY ORGAN DEBUT WITH MAGIC GENIE FULL
Lowrey also produced theatre organs and a full 2-manual with pedal church organ. Lowrey originally targeted the home entertainment market. In 1970, the Genie model added automatic left hand and pedal. Lowrey led Hammond in the development of automatic accompaniment features. Hammond used electromechanical tonewheels until 1975. This was different to its main competitor, the Hammond organ.
The Lowrey organ relied on all-electronic tone generation. In the 1940s he fixed on the Eccles-Jordan circuit. He tried different methods of tone generation. From 1918-1940's, Frederick Lowrey experimented with electronic organ design.
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