![]() ![]() Garth Hudson, the keyboardist of The Band, played a Lowrey Festival organ on many of the group's most notable songs. In the 1960s and 1970s, Lowreys were used by some rock groups. Lowrey also produced theatre organs and a full 2-manual with pedal church organ. Lowrey originally targeted the home entertainment market. In 1970, the Genie model added automatic left hand and pedal. Lowrey led Hammond in the development of automatic accompaniment features. ![]() Hammond used electromechanical tonewheels until 1975. This was different to its main competitor, the Hammond organ. The Lowrey organ relied on all-electronic tone generation. In the 1940s he fixed on the Eccles-Jordan circuit. He tried different methods of tone generation. From 1918-1940's, Frederick Lowrey experimented with electronic organ design. ![]()
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