List of Lowrey organs
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Lowrey organs were originally made in Chicago, Illinois (prior to 2011) and have been played in churches and by professional and home musicians since the 1950s.[1] Lowrey entered the portable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
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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'Riley by The Who played by Pete Townshend.[2] The TBO-1 is a slightly upgraded version of the older but otherwise identical Berkshire TBO (1966). | ||
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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. | ||
DSO / 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. There is also an Automatic Orchestra tab witch adds chord tones from the lower keyboard to the upper keyboard. The "-1" adds a repeat function. | ||
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 | |||
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Journey | 2010s | ||
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] |
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