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Lowrey Journey EY320 Virtual Orchestra (2010s) The Lowrey organ is an electronic organ, named after its developer, Frederick C. Lowrey (1871–1955), a Chicago -based industrialist and entrepreneur. [2] Lowrey's first commercially successful full-sized electronic organ, the Model S Spinet or Berkshire, came to market in 1955, the year of his ...
Description. 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). Carnival (C500)
The Gibson G-101 (or Gibson Portable Organ, also known as the Kalamazoo K-101) is a transistorised combo organ, manufactured in the late 1960s by the Lowrey Organ Company for Gibson. The G-101 was produced in response to similar combo organs such as the Vox Continental and Farfisa, though it had a wider range of features such as foldback as ...
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert [6] and first manufactured in 1935. [7] Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated sound by creating an electric current from rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic ...
Garth Hudson. Eric " Garth " Hudson CM (born August 2, 1937) [1] is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for rock group the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He was a principal architect of the group's sound, described as "the most brilliant organist ...
Kawai produces a line of electronic organs under the name "Dreamatone". [37] Kawai also owns Lowrey organs. Kawai previously offered the MORE series, a home organ product line applying the high-end technology of their theater models, T-50 and T-30. The MORE series was merged into "Dreamatone" family in fall 1979.
An electric organ, also known as electronic organ, is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Originally designed to imitate their sound, or orchestral sounds, it has since developed into several types of instruments: Hammond-style organs used in pop, rock and jazz;
The Classic Organ Company Ltd. – Markham, Ontario. Hallman Organ Co. – Kitchener, Ontario. Minshall Organ Company – London, Ontario. Phoenix Organs – Peterborough, Ontario. The Robb Wave Organ Company – Belleville, Ontario. Northern Electric (manufacturer of Hammond organs) – Belleville, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec.