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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 death. [ 1 ]
Lowrey organs were originally made in Chicago, Illinois (prior to 2011) and have been played in churches and by professional and home musicians since the 1950s.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.
Hammond Organ Company – Chicago, Illinois; Lowrey Organ Company – Chicago, Illinois; Marshall & Ogletree – Needham, Massachusetts; Rodgers Instruments – Hillsboro, Oregon (owned by parent company Vandeweerd in Netherland, owner of Johannus) Thomas Organ Company; Walker Technical Company - Center Valley, Pennsylvania
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 ...
Chicago Musical Instruments Co. (CMI), later known as Norlin Music, was a manufacturer and distributor of musical instruments, accessories, and equipment, which at times had controlling interests in Gibson Guitars (1944 to 1969), Standel, Lowrey, F. E. Olds & Son (brass instruments), William Lewis & Son Co. (stringed instruments), Krauth & Beninghoften, L.D. Heater Music Company, [1] Epiphone ...
For six generations since its founding in 1873, Schantz Organ Co. has worked on pipe and reed organs for churches across the globe.
A master of the Lowrey organ, Hudson's other primary instruments were piano, accordion, electronic keyboards, and saxophones (alto, tenor, soprano, baritone, bass). [3] He was a much-in-demand and respected session musician, performing with dozens of artists, including Elton John, who has cited him as an early influence. [4]
The organ pairs baseball with the tones of the past and present. And it was first heard over 80 years ago at Wrigley Field on Chicago's north side. On April 26, 1941 Ray Nelson entertained fans ...