Pre wired for a Leslie 147/147 and also for the Lowrey LTH tone cabinet, but plenty of oomph on its own.Īll in all, a good model but one that was always overshadowed by its bigger brother, the GAK-H. You also have Multi-Channel Chorus which electronically adds a sort of slow leslie effect, which you can superimpose on the fast leslie. You could perhaps think of it as being a TBO Berkshire on steroids and brought up to date a little! It has tabs rather than the Berkhshire's rockers, has the AR-4 auto rhythm box (a cracker of a unit for the time) and has split main/leslie. I can't speak for New Zealand but overall it will be no more rare than any other Lowrey of that era, to be honest.Īnd it's a very good example of the 'old school' Lowrey and certainly desirable if you like that era of organ. The Lowrey line of home organs is considered the epitome of this type of instrument and retains some popularity today although few instruments are sold today with portable keyboards taking the place of electronic organs in the family home.Yes, it's definitely a GAK from 1970/71. The Lowrey Symphonic Holiday organ is one of the later examples of this popular form of entertainment including various automated features which made it easier to play complete, layered “one-man band” arrangements, especially for people who had not trained as organists.
With Lowrey being the largest manufacturer of electronic organs in the world in the 1960s and 1970s, Lowrey domestic electronic organs such as this were a common sight in many homes around the world including the US.
This Lowrey four-channel Symphonic Electronic Organ Model TGS (also known as a Lowrey Symphonic Holiday organ) was made by Lowrey, named after the developer, Frederick Lowrey, a Chicago-based industrialist and entrepreneur with the organs constructed in Lowrey’s home state of Illinois. With wooden stool.īetween the 1940s and the 1970s, self-contained electronic home organs made by various manufacturers were a popular form of home entertainment.
Organ made in mid-1970s with electronic and plastic components and wooden body. During the 1960s and 1970s, Lowrey was the largest manufacturer of electronic organs in the world and this example (also known as a Lowrey Symphonic Holiday organ) is one of their later examples. Lowrey electronic organs were originally made by and named after their developer, Frederick Lowrey, a Chicago-based industrialist and entrepreneur, with the organs constructed in Lowrey’s home state of Illinois.
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