dope find dude! My sister just broke my lowrey organ I bought on craigslist last year now I have to find another one to replace it! Dude the hours of fun I have on these machines. Mine had this drum beat thing I liked a lot! I hope I find a yahama electron or another lowrey geenie or something hopefully that isnt a back breaker and will fit in the suv on it's back.
Good luck on your search! They're out there, starting to get more rare every year though; at least in my neck of the woods. The Yamaha Electone's are definitely some of the finest.
Good post!!! This was my go to keyboard. My folks bought one in 1966. all the goodies tape, wha wha, rhythm machine, I remember changing a cap on one note because it didnt sustain of course i had a slightly different value and when i hit that note it was a little bit longer. Just to big for my floor space
I just scored same one. Sad to say that I will need to replace some of key sets of springs I did not access bottom keys yet .. wish me luck guys. Thanks for the video buddy
@@coolelectronics1759 I've got a number of sticky keys on mine. Plus every C note is dead. How the hell do you even fix something like that you know lol
@@stephenkane2464 yeah. probably got something spilled on it. Now Im on freecycle like crazy and craiglist looking all over for another one I miss it so much.
I wasn't able to; it was beyond my electronics know how. I was hoping it was all on one board, but it was spread across several. I did however multisample all the drum sounds. I've used them in a few compositions myself!
You arent by any chance in or around St Louis are you? My grandparents had one just like this and I was never sure what ever happened to it. It had some problems and I never really learned to appreciate it while they had it but now I am getting more and more into synths.
Hey Tyler, No, I'm up in Canada. These rigs are basically very unique poly synths. As a matter of fact, 8 understand that some of the Yamaha Electones have the same voice cards as cs80s. They often pop up on classifieds if you have the room for them. Cheers
It'd take a bit of electrical know-how. Considering it just stopped completely, I'd start with the power supply and, hopefully, the fuse attached. Past that, it begins to get more and more complex. Next thing to check would be the power amp. This is all tube and high voltage, so be careful. I'd say if it totally quit on you, it should be something in 5he power supply. Good luck!
I just ran across a guy getting rid of one of these local to me, and found your video when I went looking for info. If I could ask, how heavy is it? If I can move it with an appliance hand truck, I might just have to save one. Seems too funky not to make a play for, especially at the low price of free.
That's the catch. If these weren't so heavy, perhaps people would still want them. You need 2 people to move it; like 200-250lbs. If you got they space, they rock though. Sorry.
@@caleykelly I appreciate the info! I doubt there's too many people in line to snag it, so I should be able to arrange the seller to hold it until I can get more people this weekend. Lucky for me, it would be moving from the ground floor of a church to my garage, so I'm thinking if I can get the cart behind and underneath it, I should be able to get it on and off a ramp trailer with a couple friends pushing. I guess we'll find out! I'm already thinking about all the fun things that could be done with one of these- lots of potential for mods, hacks, and who knows what else!
Unfortunately not. Sadly, it would not have been as modular a unit and would have required a lot more work to have working on it's own. I was able to take sizable samples of all the rhythm settings. That way the samples can be used as single hits, or you can use the original groove of the machine in all its cheesey glory
Hey Patrick, Unfortunately this beautiful instrument's fate was to be parted out. I have a few projects at different stages of completion and kept all the parts that were usable. Before I did that though, I rigorously multisampled all the sounds. If you are I terested, they can be found here: wolftone.org/products
Desirable organ back in the early 70s. This was a pretty well optioned spinet. Enjoy this piece of 1970s Lowrey technology
I have the exact same one I got off of market place for free. Beautiful sounds but the Rhythm machine doesn't work :(
Thanks for posting this! We had one just like this one. My father used to play and sing. What great memories.
They are beautiful instruments, and beautiful times that would have an instrument like this a centerpiece of family time in the home.
Cheers!
According to a list I found, the Lowrey Venus was a 1971 model with a model number of LC-98KSG.
That spunds about right! When I think 1971, the sounds that the venus make, fit in perfectly.
Cheers!
I just bought a "Lowrey holiday with Genie" for $40.
It's 2020 and I'm practicing social distancing. Now I have something new to learn.
That's awesome James! That thing is a beast; watch your back moving it though!
Wow! It's a precious thing! That's incredible!
These old organs are definitely the height of electrical engineering for their time!
Cheers.
Timmy Thomas made a song using one of the drum beats from the Lowery organ
Hoping one day someone finds my dads old Lowery TLO/K.
Picking up this exact model on sunday🤣 Gonna have to make some space in my apartment
Did you say apartment! That is going to be fun! Hopefully there's an elevator!
Enjoy!
@@caleykelly Yes sirrrrr
had to rent a u-haul for it too
dope find dude!
My sister just broke my lowrey organ I bought on craigslist last year now I have to find another one to replace it! Dude the hours of fun I have on these machines. Mine had this drum beat thing I liked a lot! I hope I find a yahama electron or another lowrey geenie or something hopefully that isnt a back breaker and will fit in the suv on it's back.
Good luck on your search! They're out there, starting to get more rare every year though; at least in my neck of the woods. The Yamaha Electone's are definitely some of the finest.
Good post!!! This was my go to keyboard. My folks bought one in 1966. all the goodies tape, wha wha, rhythm machine, I remember changing a cap on one note because it didnt sustain of course i had a slightly different value and when i hit that note it was a little bit longer. Just to big for my floor space
That's the shame with these machines. They're incredible feats of electronic engineering, but they are behemoths.
I appreciate the comments!
I just scored same one. Sad to say that I will need to replace some of key sets of springs I did not access bottom keys yet .. wish me luck guys. Thanks for the video buddy
Cheers!
Definitely a good luck to you!
who's here in 2020 quarantine with their 'new' organ!!! i just picked up a lowrey today not unlike this one --
Congratulations!
I got one then!
Sister just broke it now on the hunt for another one!
@@coolelectronics1759 I've got a number of sticky keys on mine. Plus every C note is dead. How the hell do you even fix something like that you know lol
@@stephenkane2464 yeah.
probably got something spilled on it.
Now Im on freecycle like crazy and craiglist looking all over for another one I miss it so much.
@@coolelectronics1759 I feel you mate!!!
This is a very slightly more souped up version of my organ!! I love it so much. It’s a little too big though 😅😭😅😭😅😭
A little too big is an understatement for most!
Cheers!
Could you find a way to remove the drum machine and repackage that?
I wasn't able to; it was beyond my electronics know how. I was hoping it was all on one board, but it was spread across several. I did however multisample all the drum sounds. I've used them in a few compositions myself!
@@caleykelly Cool
You arent by any chance in or around St Louis are you? My grandparents had one just like this and I was never sure what ever happened to it. It had some problems and I never really learned to appreciate it while they had it but now I am getting more and more into synths.
Hey Tyler,
No, I'm up in Canada. These rigs are basically very unique poly synths. As a matter of fact, 8 understand that some of the Yamaha Electones have the same voice cards as cs80s.
They often pop up on classifieds if you have the room for them.
Cheers
I just got the same one and the play button on the Genie won’t stay down, any ideas?
Sounds like you need a new button. Try cleaning it with deoxit before taking the whole thing apart, that may fix it. Good luck!
Just realized none of the buttons stay down rewind/fast forward etc. Does that sound more mechanical or would deoxit still work?
Thanks man
Hard to say. I'm working off of memory, but it may be just gunk.
You're Cool!
Im curious could you get the lowrey organ to sound like a pipe organ?
Not really; It always had its own kind of tone.
Do you know where I can troubleshoot a broken Lowry organ? It just stopped working one day, mid song :/
It'd take a bit of electrical know-how. Considering it just stopped completely, I'd start with the power supply and, hopefully, the fuse attached. Past that, it begins to get more and more complex.
Next thing to check would be the power amp. This is all tube and high voltage, so be careful.
I'd say if it totally quit on you, it should be something in 5he power supply.
Good luck!
I just ran across a guy getting rid of one of these local to me, and found your video when I went looking for info. If I could ask, how heavy is it? If I can move it with an appliance hand truck, I might just have to save one. Seems too funky not to make a play for, especially at the low price of free.
That's the catch. If these weren't so heavy, perhaps people would still want them. You need 2 people to move it; like 200-250lbs.
If you got they space, they rock though.
Sorry.
@@caleykelly I appreciate the info! I doubt there's too many people in line to snag it, so I should be able to arrange the seller to hold it until I can get more people this weekend. Lucky for me, it would be moving from the ground floor of a church to my garage, so I'm thinking if I can get the cart behind and underneath it, I should be able to get it on and off a ramp trailer with a couple friends pushing. I guess we'll find out!
I'm already thinking about all the fun things that could be done with one of these- lots of potential for mods, hacks, and who knows what else!
With some moving blankets you can "roll" it as well. Just make sure anything moving is secure first.
@@caleykelly Ah, that could be handy! Many thanks for the help- rock on sir!
Back at ya.
now imagine if you put a carnival organ in your house lol.
Very cool. Were you able to salvage the drum machine and tape deck as one unit?
Unfortunately not. Sadly, it would not have been as modular a unit and would have required a lot more work to have working on it's own.
I was able to take sizable samples of all the rhythm settings. That way the samples can be used as single hits, or you can use the original groove of the machine in all its cheesey glory
It it possible to get recordings of the samples? It would be a trip down memory lane.
@@angloupdates9884 On my website, I have the fully sampled instrument available. You can play it just like the real thing!
wolftone.org/products/
Link no longer works, do you still have them somewhere else?
Yooooo did you ever end up sampling this?
I did. I sampled every key of every preset, as well as every rhythm at multiple tempos.
@@caleykelly would you be up for sharing?
For sure, shoot me an email and I'll try and dig up the files.
Don't take it apart, try enjoying learnin how to play it. If you need assistance on learning about it, please let me know?
Hey Patrick,
Unfortunately this beautiful instrument's fate was to be parted out. I have a few projects at different stages of completion and kept all the parts that were usable.
Before I did that though, I rigorously multisampled all the sounds. If you are I terested, they can be found here: wolftone.org/products
do you have more info on this organ?