- LOWREY ORGAN GENIE 44 MANUALS
- LOWREY ORGAN GENIE 44 GENERATOR
- LOWREY ORGAN GENIE 44 FULL
- LOWREY ORGAN GENIE 44 PORTABLE
In 1970, the Genie came out with automatic left hand and pedal.
LOWREY ORGAN GENIE 44 PORTABLE
Lowrey was also the importer of Farfisa portable band organs made in Italy. This was an accordion that could be played as an accordion, an Lowrey was also involved with the manufacture of the Cordovox, an accordion with organ stops. They also manufactured Story & Clark organs, but after a while this stopped as Lowrey was now competing against Less than a year built pianos under the Lowrey name. In 1965, Lowrey acquired the venerable Story & Clark Piano Company and for
LOWREY ORGAN GENIE 44 FULL
A little known instrument of Lowrey’s was a full two-manual andģ2-pedal church organ, Model CH-32, manufactured by Rodgers under the Lowrey name. Lowrey introduced the first built-in cassette player, a feature later abandoned by all manufacturers. In the mid-1960s, rhythm instruments were added that responded to a touch of a pedal or the lower keyboard. This is now a standard feature in entertainment organs. Also, the first Lowrey theatre organs aĪ Lowrey innovation is Bass Guitar, a plucked, sustained 8’ tone on the pedals. was introduced, but the important landmark of the year was the change to transistors. Automatic Orchestra Control, later renamedĪutomatic 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. Of a trombone, the glissando of singing strings and the effect of a calliope. 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 Unlike the B-3, the Festival had its speakers mounted under the tone generator. The Festival Model FL, also from 1959, was a full console with no bottom like a
LOWREY ORGAN GENIE 44 MANUALS
Lincolnwood 25 Model SSO-25 with two full 61-note manuals and a 25-note pedalboard. Another spinet model at the same time was the Lincolnwood Model SS, but in 1959, this would become the It had two 44-note manuals and aġ3-note pedalboard, and was very popular for home use. In 1955, Lowrey came out with its first commercially successful electronic organ. Unlike the Solovox, which used unconventional stop terminology, the Organo used conventional stop names like Flute, Principal, etc. This was a very successful and briskĬompetitor of the Hammond Solovox. In 1941, Lowrey put on the market the famous Organo, an organ-like keyboard placed on the front of a piano keyboard.
LOWREY ORGAN GENIE 44 GENERATOR
In the late 1940s, the Eccles-Jordan circuit was developed, a very stable generator that was a Lowrey exclusive. It's perfectly functional for professional use, but definitely accessible for amateur performers.In 1906, when the vacuum tube was invented, research into the art of electronic music began almost immediately.įrederick Lowrey produced a working model of an electronic organ in 1918, and until World War II, experimented with many different tone-generating systems The half-note upward glide switch is right next to the volume pedal, making it a skill to use.Īlthough a bit dated, this organ has a lot of fun life left in it. The volume foot pedal is a bit tough to use without disrupting the desired sound level. Although it's one of the smaller Lowrey's during the era of its production, it is not easily portable. I use it mainly for home entertainment use and to familiarize myself with the C-C one-octave foot board with polyphonic bass notes.
The Genie system rhythm section is a lot of fun, and can create hours of easy entertainment. The sounds on the lower keyboard are different than that on the upper, but some very useful sounds. The sounds can be combined to make some interesting tones, and the effects AUTOWOW, REVERB, PERCUSSION, VIBRATO, REPEAT, and ECHO can expand the fullness of the music. This is a fun keyboard to play, and it can be used for recording.
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