List of Lowrey organs

Lowrey organs were originally made in Chicago, Illinois (prior to 2011) and have been played in churches and by professional and home musicians since the 1950s.[1] Lowrey entered the portable organ market in the 1980s with the Wandering Genie, which was succeeded by the Japanese-made Micro Genie line. As of 2019, Lowrey organs remain in production, and the brand is owned by Kawai. This list of models is incomplete.

Organs
Image Model Name / Number Years sold new 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'Reilly by The Who played by Pete Townshend.[2]
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.
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
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]
Holiday Deluxe 1972-1974[11]
Jamboree (TG 88) 1978-1979
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
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]

References
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  2. "Pete's Gear: Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 organ: Baba O'Reilly/Won't Get Fooled Again 'synthesizer' sound". thewho.net. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
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  10. Bujor Florin Lucian (2018-04-04), Demo 1978 Lowrey D-325, retrieved 2019-04-10
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  23. Kevin (2017-03-31). "Audio Trough: Instrument Review - Lowrey Micro Genie V-120 a.k.a. JVC KB-700". Audio Trough. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
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