The serial number may be stamped on the front of the frame's wooden base, immediately under the keys. To the right and left of the keys are two end cheek blocks, which are each secured down with a giant bolt or screw, which passes through the piano's keybed, both of which must be removed, to access the interior of the piano (see video, above). Sep 15, 2017 Locate this number to verify the organ’s authenticity and help you determine the model type you own. Look underneath the keyboard on the left or right side. This is the location of the model type and serial number for Hammond organs made in the 1970s and later.
A Lowrey Royale SU500 / Palladium 630 organ (high end model)
Lowrey Holiday Deluxe Model LSL (1961) has a built-in Leslie speaker.[1]
Lowrey C500 Celebration electronic organ (1977)
Lowrey Genie 44 electronic organ (1970s)
The Lowrey organ is an electronic organ named for 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 had earlier developed an attachment for a piano, adding electronic organ stops on 60 notes while keeping the piano functionality, called the Organo, first marketed in 1949[3] as a very successful competitor to the Hammond Solovox.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Lowrey was the largest manufacturer of electronic organs in the world.[2][dubious] In 1989, the Lowrey Organ Company produced its 1,000,000th organ.[4]Up until 2011, modern Lowrey organs were built in LaGrange Park, Illinois. In 2011, it was announced that production of a few models was to be moved to Indonesia.
History and notable users[edit]
History[edit]
Frederick Lowrey experimented with electronic organ design, trying different methods of tone generation, from 1918 until the early 1940s, when he fixed on the Eccles-Jordan circuit, a very stable flip-flop oscillator, which became a Lowrey hallmark. The Lowrey organ differed from its main competitor, the Hammond organ (which also bears the name of its Chicago-based inventor), in relying from its inception on all-electronic tone generation,[1] whereas Hammond used electromechanical tonewheels until 1975.[5] Lowrey led Hammond in the development of automatic accompaniment features; in 1968, automatic rhythm was added, and in 1970 the Genie model added automatic left hand and pedal. While originally intended for the home entertainment market, Lowrey also produced theatre organs and a full 2-manual with pedal church organ.[1]
Notable users[edit]
Lowreys were also used by some rock groups in the 1960s and 1970s. Garth Hudson, the keyboardist of The Band, played a Lowrey Festival organ on many of the group's most notable songs.[6]Its sound can be heard prominently on the 1968 recording of 'Chest Fever', which begins with a Bach-inspired prelude/intro.[7] The Lowrey Organ is one of several organs on The Beatles' 1967 song 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!' (from the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album), helping create a fairground atmosphere.[8] Furthermore, a Lowrey DSO Heritage organ was used to produce the classic opening for 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'.[9] The Lowrey Organ and its built-in drum patterns are also heard on the million-seller single, 'Why Can't We Live Together' by Timmy Thomas. A rather surprising use of a Lowrey Organ, on a percussive 'marimba repeat' setting, was the synthesizer-like background noise on The Who song 'Baba O'Riley'.[10]
Mike Ratledge of Soft Machine switched from a Vox Continental to a Lowrey Holiday Deluxe[1][failed verification] sometime between late 1966 and early 1967, and used it from then on, adding a fuzzbox and plugging it into a Marshall stack. To prevent feedback in the silences between notes (consequence of playing at a very high volume), Ratledge invented a style of his own avoiding the between-note gaps by soloing in legato.[citation needed]Mike Oldfield made use of the instrument quite extensively on his Tubular Bells album, and on several later albums as well. The Gotye song State of the Art was written to showcase the sounds of the Lowrey Cotillion model D-575.[11]
Later Models[edit]
From 1966 to 1971, Lowrey also produced combo organs for Gibson while the guitar manufacturer was owned by parent company Chicago Musical Instruments. The most popular of these was first introduced in 1966 as the Kalamazoo K-101, but was renamed the Gibson G-101 shortly thereafter. The Gibson branded organs' design and circuitry were similarly based on Lowrey's own 'T-1' and 'T-2' models, as well as their 'TLO-R' and 'Holiday' spinet models. However, they had several additional features that made their sound distinctive from other Lowrey models, including 'Repeat', 'Glide', and 'Trumpet Wow-wow' effects.
In the late 1970s, selling features of Lowrey home organs included Magic Genie Chords, Track III Rhythm and the Automatic Organ Computer.[12]
In the 1980s, Lowrey launched the MicroGenie series of portable organs with built-in speakers, some of which could run on batteries. They including the MicroGenie V60, V100/101, V105, V120, V125 and MicroGenie Pro V600 (which was programmable and had MIDI capability).
Purchase by Kawai[edit]
In 1988, Lowrey was purchased by Kawai. [13]
On October 5, 2018, Vice-President of Lowery Division of Kawai America Corp., Seijiro Imamura, announces that Lowery Organ production would cease in January 2019. [14]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abcdeFrank Pugno, Bil Curry (2005-11-03). 'LOWREY ORGANS'. Electronic Organs (theatreorgans.com/hammond/keng/kenhtml/electronicorgans.htm). VintageHammond.Com.'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. The Glide dropped the pitch of the organ about a semi-tone and cancelled the vibrato. / In 1961, Lowrey’s first home organ with a built-in Leslie speaker appeared as the Holiday Deluxe Model LSL. Automatic Orchestra Control, later renamed Automatic Organ Computer, came on the scene in 1963. / Fig. 2 – Holiday Deluxe Model LSL'
- ^ abGirardot, Jan (2007). 'Organ Tradenames'. Musical Instrument Technicians Association. Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ^Davies, Hugh. 'Organo'. Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^'Music Trades'. 1989-07-01. Archived from the original on September 3, 2009. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^Spark, Rod. 'The History Of The Hammond'. Sound On Sound. Sound on Sound Cambridge UK. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^Doerschuk, Bob (December 1983). 'Garth Hudson: Legendary Organist with '60s Supergroup 'The Band''. Keyboard Magazine.
- ^Johnson, Brian D. (July 22, 2002). 'Garth Hudson (Profile)'. Maclean's.
- ^Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books.
- ^Babiuk, Andy (2001). Beatles Gear. San Francisco: BackBeat Books.
- ^'Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 organ: Baba O'Riley/Won't Get Fooled Again 'synthesizer' sound'. Whotabs. 27 August 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^'Planet Gear: Gotye on the Lowrey Cotillion organ and Making Mirrors'. Drowned in Sound. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^'Lowrey New Model Premiere organ advertisement (1977)'. Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^http://www.kawai-global.com/company/history/
- ^https://lowreyorgan.uk/an-end-of-an-era-for-lowrey-organs/
External links[edit]
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Piano serial numbers identify the (1) age of your piano, the (2) piano's year of manufacture, as well as (3) the circumstances surrounding the production of your piano, including factory history, manufacturing processes, and company ownership and oversight.
You can look up a free piano serial number history search from this page (see list of manufacturers, below).
Piano Serial Numbers:
Location, location, location..
Piano serial numbers usually have five to seven digits, but may have fewer or more, depending on the manufacturer and age of your piano. Serial numbers may also include a letter as well.
Here are the TOP FIVE places to locate the serial number of your spinet, console, studio, or upright piano:
Serial number locations are found:
1) On the piano’s cast iron plate. After lifting up the lid, look along the top front area of the plate. The serial number may be to the right or the left, or in the middle.
2) Under the opened lid on the ledge, stamped on a little plaque, to the right or to the left.
3) Stamped on the back of the piano; near the top of the wood frame.
4) Printed on one of the hammers, found on either end of the piano (newer or imported pianos).
5) Printed on one the keys - behind the nameboard, inside the piano (newer or imported pianos).
2) Under the opened lid on the ledge, stamped on a little plaque, to the right or to the left.
3) Stamped on the back of the piano; near the top of the wood frame.
4) Printed on one of the hammers, found on either end of the piano (newer or imported pianos).
5) Printed on one the keys - behind the nameboard, inside the piano (newer or imported pianos).
If you cannot find the serial number in any of the locations listed on this page, please watch the video below, to help find more piano serial number locations.
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Where Are They Found? ..
Here are the TOP FIVE places to locate the serial number of your BABY GRAND or GRAND piano:
(See this link for a detailed picture of where to look)
Note: You may have to remove the (1) music desk first and (2) gently clean out any dust from your piano's plate [using a soft dry cloth + vacuum hose] before you can find these numbers.
Serial number locations are found:
1) On the piano’s cast iron plate, near the tuning pins, as you face the keys. Look to the right or to the left.
2) The Capo d'astro bar. Located on the right, this acts as a 'bridge' to the 'beams' of the cast iron plate.
3) On the piano's soundboard (see link above for a diagram).
4) On a metal plate underneath the piano's top lid, near the strings and soundboard.
5) Immediate interior [front]: On the back of the [a] keyslip (long wooden ledge, runs along the front/bottom of the piano's keys. The serial number is often hidden and stamped on the other side, facing the keys). On the front of the [b] action frame (after the keyslip is removed), or stamped on [c] one or both of the cheek blocks, viewed to the right and left of the piano's keyboard.
On older pianos, you may find 3-5 screws, underneath the keyslip, that will need to be removed (or, simply lift up, if no screws are present) to view the action frame. The serial number may be stamped on the front of the frame's wooden base, immediately under the keys.
To the right and left of the keys are two end cheek blocks, which are each secured down with a giant bolt or screw, which passes through the piano's keybed, both of which must be removed, to access the interior of the piano (see video, above).
Caution: When unscrewing and removing the cheek blocks, do not mistake the piano's leg screw/bolt, with the cheek block's screw/bolt.
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Also, be careful not to drop the cheek blocks once they are removed, which can gouge and permanently damage the piano's case, and the block's delicate condition.
To recap: the piano's serial number may be hidden on the back of the piano'skeyslip (immediately in front of / below the keys), on the action's frontkeyframe, on the cheek blocks (each side), or within the action itself, once removed from the piano.
Scroll down below to find the (1) manufacturer of your piano, and then (2) click on the link to find the serial number.
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