nursers Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Only had 10 mins with it, but if I had the room in my house..... 2 1 Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 "When the Cotillion arrived We threw out the television Model D 575 Has custom flute presets And Harmony-Plus in addition Now for an arm and a leg We get three half-dozen beats to choose from So now we can pretend That there's an orchestra in the lounge room I put the genie bass on So my left hand can play the choir With sixteen foot Diapason And Lowrey's patented Orchestral Symphonizer Banjo's great on repeat The kids want to play but they'll have to be patient The wife can't help tapping her feet It's a genuine home entertainment revelation State, state, state, state of the art (State of the art) (Hold the phone, it's so) State, state, state, state of the art (Listen to the difference!) State, state, state, state of the art (By use of a computer) (Oh my God, it's so) State, state, state, state of the art Now we don't want to go out When we could spend the night at home with the Cotillion Invite the neighbors around Start the boss a nova beat and limbo from the living to the kitchen Enjoy the state of the art The magic swing piano really is astounding Now we can't tell them apart But these amazing simulations end up sounding even better than the real thing State, state, state, state of the art (State of the art) (Hold the phone, it's so) State, state, state, state of the art (Computer controlled tone color) State, state, state, state of the art (The marriage of music to computers is quite natural) (Oh my God, it's so) State, state, state, state of the art (It is time to hear the results)" --Goyte, State of the Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxcvbnm098 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Damn, that is an awesome song.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxcvbnm098 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 ..but back to the original post... When did that Lowery come out? And how much was it? It does sound cheesy, yet.......pretty cool!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 2 hours ago, ksoper said: "When the Cotillion arrived We threw out the television Model D 575 Has custom flute presets And Harmony-Plus in addition Now for an arm and a leg We get three half-dozen beats to choose from So now we can pretend That there's an orchestra in the lounge room I put the genie bass on So my left hand can play the choir With sixteen foot Diapason And Lowrey's patented Orchestral Symphonizer Banjo's great on repeat The kids want to play but they'll have to be patient The wife can't help tapping her feet It's a genuine home entertainment revelation State, state, state, state of the art (State of the art) (Hold the phone, it's so) State, state, state, state of the art (Listen to the difference!) State, state, state, state of the art (By use of a computer) (Oh my God, it's so) State, state, state, state of the art Now we don't want to go out When we could spend the night at home with the Cotillion Invite the neighbors around Start the boss a nova beat and limbo from the living to the kitchen Enjoy the state of the art The magic swing piano really is astounding Now we can't tell them apart But these amazing simulations end up sounding even better than the real thing State, state, state, state of the art (State of the art) (Hold the phone, it's so) State, state, state, state of the art (Computer controlled tone color) State, state, state, state of the art (The marriage of music to computers is quite natural) (Oh my God, it's so) State, state, state, state of the art (It is time to hear the results)" --Goyte, State of the Art That has blown my mind @ksoper - love Gotye but obviously hadn't listened to the lyrics closely enough! 1 Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 1 hour ago, zxcvbnm098 said: ..but back to the original post... When did that Lowery come out? And how much was it? It does sound cheesy, yet.......pretty cool!?! So, from my googling I can't pin down an exact manufacture year but appears to be 2003-2005. Back then it seemed to have cost circa US 4K-5k? Have seen them sell for 10K second hand, the one in that vid is on sale for AU 5K which I think is a steal... Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franz Schiller Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 What's the "Video" output for??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Any ROMpler can get that Lowrey sound including the Velveeta. Just a matter of creating a combo consisting of theatre organ, accordion, flute, choir and tuba on the low. The secret sauce pulling it all together is effective usage of reverb and EQ.🤣😎 Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Love those schmaltzy organ tones! Question: Why the names of the notes above the keys? Seems folks who play those things would pretty much have that figured out. Quote "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxcvbnm098 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 8 hours ago, Dr Nursers said: So, from my googling I can't pin down an exact manufacture year but appears to be 2003-2005. Back then it seemed to have cost circa US 4K-5k? Have seen them sell for 10K second hand, the one in that vid is on sale for AU 5K which I think is a steal... I'd bet it was a hell of a lot more than that here in the US? But I'll ask around....I'm thinking more like $15K...? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 Hmm it's hard to know - 15K in 2005 would seem pretty over the top though importing that beast from wherever it was made would be a costly exercise so you could be right. Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 5 hours ago, Moonglow said: Love those schmaltzy organ tones! Question: Why the names of the notes above the keys? Seems folks who play those things would pretty much have that figured out. Agreed - my first organ was a Yamaha Electone and it came with foldable cardboard letters you placed over the keys. Maybe Lowrey still felt there were a bunch of people out there who use the organ books that printed the letters within the notes themselves (e.g. a quaver showing a G on the stave would also have the letter G printed in the black circle at the bottom of the quaver)? Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old No7 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Thanks! That song just cleared all the wax out of my ears and I can hear better! But sadly -- I was hearing THAT song................ Old No7 Quote Yamaha MODX6 * Hammond SK Pro 73 * Roland Fantom-08 * Crumar Mojo Pedals * Mackie Thump 12As * Tascam DP-24SD * JBL 305 MkIIs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 16 hours ago, Dr Nursers said: So, from my googling I can't pin down an exact manufacture year but appears to be 2003-2005. Back then it seemed to have cost circa US 4K-5k? Have seen them sell for 10K second hand, the one in that vid is on sale for AU 5K which I think is a steal... I sold Lowreys from '83 to' 85. The Cotillion cost a mind-numbing $14k. The-top-of-the-line MX-1 cost $25k. I have no clue what the Stardust cost but it certainly wasn't $4-5k. I guarantee it was an obscene amount of money. When the Cotillion arrived at our store I gravitated to it for some reason and ended up performing on it at sales events. It wasn't terrible. Now, the bad boy of the bunch was the older D-325 that had a real Leslie and a snare with a thwock that you felt in your chest. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxcvbnm098 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, ksoper said: I sold Lowreys from '82 to' 85. The Cotillion cost a mind-numbing $14k. The-top-of-the-line MX-1 cost $25k. I have no clue what the Stardust cost but it certainly wasn't $4-5k. I guarantee it was an obscene amount of money. When the Cotillion arrived at our store I gravitated to it for some reason and ended up performing on it at sales events. It wasn't terrible. Now, the bad boy of the bunch was the older D-325 that had a real Leslie and a snare with a thwock that you felt in your chest. I saw mention online that it was in the $50k range... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, zxcvbnm098 said: I saw mention online that it was in the $50k range... Yes, I just now saw that. Sounds right. Btw dealer cost was 50% of that. Commission was 10%. Some months were lean, some were very, very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 7 hours ago, ksoper said: I sold Lowreys from '83 to' 85. The Cotillion cost a mind-numbing $14k. The-top-of-the-line MX-1 cost $25k. I have no clue what the Stardust cost but it certainly wasn't $4-5k. I guarantee it was an obscene amount of money. When the Cotillion arrived at our store I gravitated to it for some reason and ended up performing on it at sales events. It wasn't terrible. Now, the bad boy of the bunch was the older D-325 that had a real Leslie and a snare with a thwock that you felt in your chest. Just wow again, had no idea how expensive they could be! Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose EB5AGV Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I have just watched the original video... And wonder what can't be done with, let's say, a Genos plus an extra MIDI controller and a midi pedal unit. Oh, well, you would miss the gazillion lights! 😆 Luckily for me and my pocket, not the kind of instrument I would like to own. But it is curious to watch and listen 👍🏻 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AROIOS Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 The most important button: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share Posted July 1, 2023 7 hours ago, AROIOS said: The most important button: My thoughts exactly You don't get that on a Kronos or Nord! 1 Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Williams Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 I am amazed at how well the technology, even in the 80s, performed the same tasks as arranger keyboards today -- which generally cost more than flagship workstations. I remember some Lowrey-esque organ where I could play pretty much any inversion I wanted of a chord with my left hand, and the organ would play a quite competent bass line (and jazz drums of course) for me while I noodled a melody with my right hand. That had to be before 1985. 1 Quote -Tom Williams {First Name} {at} AirNetworking {dot} com PC4-7, PX-5S, AX-Edge, PC361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthaholic Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 On 6/29/2023 at 6:34 PM, Dr Nursers said: Hmm it's hard to know - 15K in 2005 would seem pretty over the top though importing that beast from wherever it was made would be a costly exercise so you could be right. My Wurlitzer 4573, that my parents bought for me in 1973, was $4,200. 1 Quote The fact there's a Highway To Hell and only a Stairway To Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic numbers People only say "It's a free country" when they're doing something shitty-Demetri Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzpiano88 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, Synthaholic said: My Wurlitzer 4573, that my parents bought for me in 1973, was $4,200. That was an Audi 100LS. New. 1 Quote J a z z P i a n o 8 8 -- Yamaha C7D Montage M8x | CP300 | CP4 | SK1-73 | OB6 | Seven K8.2 | 3300 | CPSv.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K K Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 How many tons ? Oh... Only 520 lbs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzpiano88 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 On 6/29/2023 at 9:01 AM, ProfD said: Any ROMpler can get that Lowrey sound including the Velveeta. Just a matter of creating a combo consisting of theatre organ, accordion, flute, choir and tuba on the low. The secret sauce pulling it all together is effective usage of reverb and EQ.🤣😎 What about the rooster (and other barnyard sounds)? (note this is for instructional use only). I'm wondering how they decide on all of the automated ornamentation at the end right before the canned applause. 2 Quote J a z z P i a n o 8 8 -- Yamaha C7D Montage M8x | CP300 | CP4 | SK1-73 | OB6 | Seven K8.2 | 3300 | CPSv.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 17 minutes ago, JazzPiano88 said: What about the rooster (and other barnyard sounds)? (note this is for instructional use only). I'm wondering how they decide on all of the automated ornamentation at the end right before the canned applause. Samples. Sequencer. Child's play for most ROMpler workstations.😁😎 Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthaholic Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 On 6/29/2023 at 1:55 AM, Dr Nursers said: Only had 10 mins with it, but if I had the room in my house..... I love this opening organ sound. Reminds me of my old Earl Grant and Lenny Dee records from when I was 8 years old. Quote The fact there's a Highway To Hell and only a Stairway To Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic numbers People only say "It's a free country" when they're doing something shitty-Demetri Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 These bad boys make killer ballpark organs. I'd love one but that instrument would be impractical at Petco Park for a few reasons. But a few of the ballpark organists play Lowreys. (Cubs, Cardinals). When I recorded all the organ for MLB The Show I went to the local Lowrey place and recorded a bunch of stuff on it. There's nothing like it. 6 Quote Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 8 hours ago, Bobadohshe said: These bad boys make killer ballpark organs. I'd love one but that instrument would be impractical at Petco Park for a few reasons. But a few of the ballpark organists play Lowreys. (Cubs, Cardinals). When I recorded all the organ for MLB The Show I went to the local Lowrey place and recorded a bunch of stuff on it. There's nothing like it. Ok that's really interesting as that was my first thought when I had a quick play. Second thought it that it'd be a great on-stage prop in a gothic musical of some form, as long as it was faced towards the audience. Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 The Hammond is not the be all, end all organ. Organs are just cool. Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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