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1. 1 Make certain that the line cord is plugged into live AC outlet Make sure the wall receptacle is not faulty Hum from the speaker may be reduced by reversing the line cord plug in the wall outlet 2 Be sure the Off On switch is on Pilot light will indicate but as these occasionally burn out check back of console to see if any tubes are lighted 3 FUSE There is one fuse for the entire organ If pilot light and none of the tubes are lighted check for blown fuse on the Amplifier Power Supply chassis Fuse is easily removed Turn red insert counter clockwise with serew driver until it comes out The fuse can then be pulled from the insert and a new one installed Caution Use only 3 2 Amp Slow blo Type 3 AG fuse 4 At least one white voice tab must be on before a manual will play 5 The Swell Pedal must be depressed to bring up volume 6 If all of the above have been checked and opera tion is still not normal and you are sure all the tubes are in tight there may be a faulty tube Read the following pages which contain informa tion on tube replacement or call your dealer for 1 The name plate containing model and serial num ber of your Lowrey organ is located on the rear of the cabinet near the bottom Include model and serial number in any correspondence A competent service technician should be consulted if difficulties persist Your Lowrey dealer is best qual ified to handle this although any good
2. Mechanical stops organ mium rontimued spects your Lowrey is like a pipe organ since the volume keeps building as voice after voice is added to the manuals Therefore it has been equipped wi this stop to govern the overall volume of the entire instrument including both manuals and pedals When you play with just one or a few stops you will prefer to have this control in the Solo position When you use many tabs on both manuals which requires increasing the pedal volume as well you will undoubtedly prefer to place this control in the Normal position With just a moderate amount of stops for both manuals and pedals the control can be in either position as your judgment dictates Remember just one thing This is an orerall volume control so when you feel the output of the organ is too loud or distorted place it in the Normal position When you play with just a few voices vou will then wish to place it in the Solo position accompaniment accomp soft full This is an outstanding Lowrey feature which gives you complete control of the volume of the Lower Manual The black tab located to the left in the bottom row of tabs You now have three volume intensities for the voices on the Lower Manual For example turn on Melodia 8 and play a chord now add Accomp Full finally the Solo 8 tab This makes it possible for the exact volume of the bination of Upper Manual voices The two red tabs in the uppe
3. it rein forces the upper harmonics and provides additional color and brilliance The Coupler 23s and Quint 5 s are invaluable in building up and delicately tinting other distinctive voices B i Lowrey Voices Lower Manual melodia 8 flute family A beautiful flute tone organ stop with a smooth sing ing quality To maintain the real beauty of tone it has been carefully voiced so as not to be over power ing When arpeggios are played in the upper register it has a lovely bell like quality which makes a delicate accompaniment for the String and Clarinet voices on the Upper Manual diapason 8 diapason family The Diapason s tone has always been and always will be the unique and special glory of the organ It has a full round and dignified tone giving a founda tion on which to build compound tones of surpassing grandeur and beauty viola 8 string family The full and rich tones of the Viola 8 will impart strength and color to every combination that it is used with creating valuable tonal colorings in regis tration in which brightness is desired without a cutting quality cornet 8 reed family This voice has powerful and dominating tones and will become the delight of the organist in his regis trations forming with stops of all tonalities com binations of rare beauty and charm trombone amp reed family This stop has the same liquid tones as the Trom bone 16 on
4. Tom Counter glockeius OOOO wv s e V5 He V S4m 7 ta Dacrena Volume oooo QJ r Guarantee The Lowrey Organ is guaranteed to be free from defective material and workmanship and the manufacturer agrees to remedy any such defects or to furnish a new part in exchange for any part of its manufacture which under normal installation use and service discloses such defect provided the instrument is delivered by the owner to us or the authorized dealer from whom the instrument was purchased intact for our examination with all transportation charges prepaid to our factory within one year from the date of sale to the original purchaser and provided such examination discloses in our judgement that it is defective This guarantee does not apply to vacuum tubes and the loud speakers covered by the guarantee of their makers which is ninety days from date of purchase We assume no liability under this guarantee if the instrument has been subjected to misuse neglect accident incorrect wiring not our own or any changes made to the circuits or any part of the instrument except substitution or resistors and condensers and provided said resistors and condensers are of high quality brand names of manufacturers whose products have been approved by us and provided further that there has been no improper installation or use af the instrument other than provided for in the instructions accompanying the purchase of the instrument nor d
5. When the Glide Control is released by the foot the tones will glide back to pitch and vibrato as determined by the stop tabs Now turn the tab to the Auto position which means that the return to normal pitch and vibrato will be automatic Hold a tone on the manuals and press the Glide Control holding it to the left You will notice that the tone will glide instantly to the proper pitch and vibrato and return without your having to release the control For the best playing technique the Glide Control should be pressed with the foot at the eracf instant certain keyboard notes are played and then released at once For example start using the Glide Control Fi 4 F i l J 1 M uut ar d INT ccu oe 2r s H Fa m r JL S a l I by trying it with the Trombone 16 and a Slow Heavy Vibrato Play Tommy Dorsey s familiar I m Getting Sentimental Over You with glide and vou ll be able to duplicate that well known trombone smear No other organ can do this Also you ean get a realistic string glissando by using the Lowrey Glide Control together with the String 8 of the Swell Manual and the Fast Heavy Vibrato Try Victor Herbert s beautiful Sympathy or any other of your favorite violin selections The Glide Control will supply the glissando of the strings Adding the Manual Sustain will give the effect of singing strings For Hawaiian guitar effects you can use the
6. the faulty tube in all probability is in the sockets V 49 V 50 V 51 V 53 12A X7 or V 57 6X8 Temporarily substitute a new 12A X7 tube in V 49 V 50 V 51 and V 53 until fault is corrected The tube last removed is probably defective If the 16 foot voices fail to sound in the lowest octave of the upper manual or if the lowest 8 keys of the lower manual fail to respond the fault in all prob ability is V 57 6X8 Exchange the tubes in V 56 and V 57 if the manuals then operate correctly the pedal tones may not operate properly and a new 6X8 V 56 will be required Upper Manual Keyboard Chart Fig 1 F G A B C D E F G AB CDE If the vibrato becomes defective on all notes of the organ the offending tube could be in V 52 V 51 may be exchanged with V 52 Then the faulty tube in V 51 should produce certain defects on the manuals and should be replaced If the vibrato is defective on only ONE FAMILY of tones all Fs or all Gs the tube in V 1 of that generator may be faulty Exchange it with the tube in V 1 of another generator and the faulty vibrato should move to the other family of notes pedal keyboard If the pedal tones lose their volume or become defec tive the fault is probably with a tube in V 54 V 55 or V 56 To check V 55 and V 56 substitute any 6X8 from the main tone generators If the pedal tones are still defective the fault may be in the V 54 tube 6EZX V 53 tube on the Quality Control chassis
7. 234 voices with Sustain on the Upper Manual you can couple down only the 3 4 and 2 voices to the Lower Manual for a complete sustain effect below Also just as you are able to get a combination of staccato and sustain voices on the Upper Manual so you can get the same effect on the Lower Manual For example using a sustained Vibraharp and 16 Flute on the Upper Manual and coupled Soft to the Lower Manual add the Solo 8 and Melodia to the Lower Manual You now have a registration which will permit staccato chords on the Lower Manual with some reverberation coming from the Upper Manual The setting of these two tabs will depend to a great extent on the volume from the Upper Manual and the technique in playing each manual Your own judgment will guide you after you have had some experience with these new tabs Remember the eouplers do not couple down any of the 16 Quint 5 3 or Coupler 234 voices coupler lower to lower 4 This black tab speaks only when a lower manual 8 voice is on This introduces an octave higher 4 of the particular voice being played coupler quint 51 5 to 29 4 This black tab speaks only when the Quint 5 voice is turned on This introduces an octave higher pitch in addition to the Quint 5 4 being played organ volume Although your Lowrey Heritage Organ is a spinet in size it has a great deal more versatility to offer than organs which cost much much more In many re
8. Sai IER J US Contents A story of the past Lese Brief history of organs a few words about the itoy Are you artist amateur or beginner A word about enjoying the Lowrey regardless of your keyboard experience Controls and their operation An introduction to the terminology of the major perta of the organ Stop tabs and what they mean ination of speaking and mechanical stop discussion of Footages explanation of all spea ing stops for Upper Manual Lower Manual pedals expla nation of mechanical stops for pedal volume attack sustain vibrato solos presets Explanation suggested resistiations fo or types of music church ballad classical popular theater oriental registrations for instrumental effects Lowrey glide control e Check Hgt _ soca era yy a What to do if the organ does not operate Electrical information esee Electrical requirements master volume control addi tional speakers and amplifier preamplifier Tube epiac B oce Ao aa Panao a i u otaq How to a faulty tube drawing t Spint rear view and Upper Manual keyboard tube replacement chart To get the most from your Lowrey to fully enjoy its great musical possibilities we sincerely urge you lo read lhis manwal eare fully Certain sections will warrant re reading sereral times aa your mus
9. electrician may be required if voltage goes above 125 or below 100 volts Tube replacement Past experience has shown us that although many purchasers of Lowrey Organs have no technical understanding of the vast field of eleetronies they are able to replace a defective tube So this material has been prepared for those who know something of the subject There are only eight different types of tubes in the entire Lowrey Heritage Organ Since in general they are standard radio and television tubes in com mon use every day replacements can usually be The OFF ON switch is located to the right of the lower keyboard The near by pilot light indicates when the organ is On In extremely humid areas a special heater may be installed to protect against dampness In order for this heater to operate keep the line cord plugged into the wall outlet at all ti mes very little electricity is consumed If you move to humid climate ask your local Lowrey dealer to install one of the special heaters in your Lowrey AUXILIARY SPEAKER terminals are provided in the amplifier power supply chassis at the rear of the organ Remove the back and you will see this chassis just above the rear of the pedal keys These terminals are wired across the output transformer 16 ohm secondary It is used for adding an external speaker or another amplifier which in turn can drive an additional speaker or speakers Impedance match ing is not critical for
10. has been named Depending upon the selec tion played either the Slow Light or Slow Heavy Vibrato should be used The voice is typically cello in the lower range of the manual in the upper range of the manual it has an excellent viole quality For many organ selections it has an excellent foundation quality making it valuable in every direction in which it may be employed flute 8 flute family This stop is a companion to the Flute 16 but plays one octave higher Of all the stops of the organ the flutes lend themselves most readily and efficiently to effective registration combining perfectly with the stops of every other tonality string 8 string family This is a foundation stop which is appreciated by the pipe organist because of its delicate silvery singing quality When played without a vibrato you will hear the rich harmonics of a fine pipe organ With the Fast Heavy Vibrato in the upper register it closely resembles the fullness of an orchestral violin By playing in the lower portion of the kevboard a viole effect can be obtained with the use of the Slow Heavy Vibrato In combination with other stops this string tone adds a richness and brilliance to the tone quality clarinet 8 reed family This is an excellent solo stop No other organ has such a fine clarinet When played without vibrato it closely resembles the orchestral clarinet because it has a smooth hollow reed tone of great beauty It not
11. is an ampli fier for string tones and upper 4 2 and 51 tones and also is an amplifier for all manual and pedal Lowrey DSA model rear view FGAB CDEF GA BC tones Exchange this tube with V 52 and if the manuals play correctly the tube now in V 52 is probably defective amplifier power supply chassis The Amplifier Power Supply sections are incorpo rated in the tone generator chassis the tubes for these circuits are V 58 V 59 V 60 and V 61 A defective tube here will affect the entire organ rather than any particular stop group of keys or a manual noises dead or weak To check V 58 replace it with a new 12A X7 tube V 59 and V 60 are the power output tubes 7591 Since they work together to test these tubes a new tube should be tried in each of these sockets The 5U4 tube in the V 61 socket is the rectifier and since only one of these is used in the instrument a test would have to be made with a new tube fuses blow If the fuse blows in all probability the offending tube is the V 61 rectifier tube However there is always the lesser possibility that either 7591 tubes in the V 59 and V 60 sockets could be causing the trouble W 52 W 3l V 30 y a QUALITY d CONTRO CHASSIS fo o G c l I6 OoOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO w v vz V3 V 4 O vl Wet wJ Wd oooo oooo oOOO OOOO OOOO ots E M Ge fo z ojo Bece A Fig 2 fc 000o MASTER VOLUME CONTROL
12. pre set vibraharp This voice is always played with the Long Manual Sustain and a Slow Heavy Vibrato The technique of the fingers is definitely staccato and can be played in single notes or with chords However all notes of the chord should not be struck at once they should be rolled to duplicate the vibraharp which you frequently hear in popular music When learning the technique you might start with selections such as Song Of The Islands Melody Of Love Sleep ete For accompaniment on the Lower Manual vou can couple the same voice by using the Upper to Lower 8 4 2 coupler or the Melodia 8 French Horn 8 or Viola 8 from the Lower Manual voices guitar With this voice use the Long Sustain and Slow Heavy Vibrato try Blue Hawaii or one of the selections mentioned under Vibraharp Start with single notes Do not hold the keys Depending upon the selection and the speed with which it is played the technique can be staccato or the key can be held for a small fraction of a second each time Your own judgment will help you after you listen to guitar music To complete the sound of the Guitar use the Lowrey Glide Control on certain notes pressing the Glide Control with the right foot at the same time vou strike certain notes Do not press the Glide Control for every note played This voice can be changed slightly by adding the Clarinet 8 or the Flute 8 In fact a steel guitar effect can be created
13. radio televi sion technician should be able to handle necessary repairs Schematic diagrams will be furnished to owners upon request Please send check or money order for 2 00 and remember to include the model and serial number in any correspondence Electrical information tuning Because Lowrey s electronic circuits are very stable and the positively locked oscillator system was care fully tuned at the factory your Lowrey Organ will probably never need to be tuned However if a spe cial use requires a change in pitch of the entire organ such as playing with a piano or other ins rent not using the standard A 440 pitch this ean be accom plished in a few minutes with the Lowrey We rec ommend that you contact your Lowrey dealer for this service Do not tune until the organ has been on for about twenty minutes Position MASTER VOLUME CONTROL located on the Amplifier see fig 2 is used to set the volume to suit the room playing conditions i e size absorp tion etc To reduce volume turn clockwise NEVER PLUG THE ORGAN INTO A DC OUT LET DAMAGE MAY RESULT The line cord from the rear of the Console MUST BE PLUGGED INTO STANDARD 110 120 Volt AC LINE If the power supplied in your area is other than 110 120 Volt AC 50 60 cycles be sure there is a notice on the back of the Console that eorresponds to your special power requirements Normal voltage fluetuations won t affect your Lowrey although regulation by your
14. with just the Flute 8 and Fast Heavy Vibrato To introduce a stringlike quality add either the 8 or 4 String whichever seems pref erable for the selection being played This is a soft voice and it generally should be played without the Solo 8 tab Use the Long Manual Sustain and no vibrato As a pure music box it should be played with both hands in the upper half of the key board in an extremely staccato fashion The Lower For slightly different voices add either the Flute 4 or String 4 This voice duplicates the rich harmonies of the ac cordion reed and generally is played without Vibrato and with the Manual Attack tab in the Slow position Use single notes or chords and play in a legato fashion Generally as each note or chord is played the Expression Pedal is opened and then retarded rather quickly Try it with your favorite accordion numbers such as Peg Of My Heart or Twilight Time An advantage of your Lowrey is that you can add other tabs to this Accordion voice for different effects For example in the upper register you might wish to add the Strings For another quality add the Flute Trumpet or Clarinet or all of them Note that the addition of the Clarinet adds an echo chamber effect found only on better ac eordions By adding the Medium Sustain you create the impression of an accordion played in a large hall or auditorium For a deep voice in the lower register use the Cello si
15. you bring into play many additional com binations which will make your music just that much more enjoyable and interesting No other compar able instrument offers you this Solo of easily and simply selecting so many additional tonal combinations coupler upper to lower 8 4 2 The red tabs in the bottom group of controls will couple any combination of 8 4 and 2 Upper Manual voices to the Lower Manual These tabs are colored red to show you that they are associated with all the solid red tabs above as well as with the white tabs printed in red Turn on any of the red tabs for the Upper Manual then holding a key on the Lower Manual turn on the right hand coupler You will notice that you get the same voice and effect of the Upper Manual but it is softer This is because the left hand tab is in the Soft position When you change the left hand tab to the Loud position you will have the same result and volume as you do from the identical kev above Only a few of the multiple uses for these tabs are suggested below You might wish to accompany the Accordion voice on the Upper Manual with the same voice on the Lower Manual with the Soft coupler This would also be true of the Vibraharp and Guitar In the ease of the Harpsichord and Music Box you probably will wish to couple the voice to the Lower Manual using the Loud position If you have a combination of 16 8 4 2 Quint 2 4 and Coupler
16. Clarinet 8 with a Slow Heavy Vibrato the Flutes 8 or 4 with a Fast Heavy Vibrato or a combination of any of these tabs with any Hawaiian selection of your choice Be sure to use the Long Manual Sustain and play in a semi staccato fashion Press the glide the instant you strike a key However use it infre quently do not abuse it by playing most notes with glide The realism of this Hawaiian Guitar effect will amaze you Like anything new a few minutes of practice are necessary for you to become adept with the Lowrey Glide Control As time goes by however you will find more and more uses for it Of course your ability to use it will also improve To quickly improve your use of the glide listen carefully to records radio and television Pay particular attention to the way musi cians play their various instruments Also whenever you try these different effects with Glide Control be sure to remember that it is im portant to select the correct vibrato Making sure of this is just as important as selecting the proper indi vidual voice tabs on the manual The care of your Lowrey The finest woods both solid and veneer have been used so that the cabinet will retain its beauty and its appearance will improve over the years It has been hand rubbed to give you a highly finished piece of furniture A soft clean dry cloth cannot be sur passed for dusting To remove fingerprints or dulling fiim use a soft cloth slightly damp
17. ase of operation will enable you to add an amazing variety to your music g Organ Volume This tab controls the overall vol ume of both manuals and the pedalboard This will iscussed at greater length under the heading of Mechanical Stops h Brilliance Control With this handy control you can add just the right amount of highs to the mellow tones of the organ giving a rich brillianee to the voices of the particular melody you are playing This enables you to control the tone to any degree that the acousties of the room requires as well as for your own musical tastes and personal satisfaction i Sustain Tabs The two red Manual Sustain tabs in the upper manual section as well as the two Pedal Sustain tabs in the lower section will be eovered completely under the heading of Mechanical Stops further in this manual 3 Glide Control This innovation is exclusive with Lowrey Organs no other instrument offers this won derful feature It helps to complete the illusion of the guitar trombone trumpet and strings as they are played in an orchestra For those who are not too familiar with organ we suggest that this control mounted to the left of the Expression Pedal not be used until some degree of familiarity with the instru ment has been developed Stop tabs and what they mean E ie E i LL ga 2 gt P Originally the word stop i
18. aulty not only the tones produced hy it but also the lower octavelv related tones will be faulty too Here s how to find a faulty generator tube Turn on the Flute 8 the Melodia 8 and the Swell Pedal to full volume Play all the lower manual keys in suc cession starting at the highest E on the nright proceed downward listening carefully for ihe first de fective tone Be sure this is the highest defective tone on the manual If the tone from the corresponding key on the upper manual is also defective a generator tube may have failed To locate the faulty tube refer to the keyboard chart Figure 1 and determine in which of the three groups of keys the highest faulty tone is produced If it is V 1 the tube is nearest to the metal can in that generator section V 4 is the farthest from the metal can Note It is impossible to catalogue the many var ious effects which can result from a defective tube The word defective merely indicates no sound at all or some sound other than that which should be obtained For example the tone could be off pitch or could even be an octave too high For example let us presume that you have deter mined the V 2 tube in the G generator to be faulty To check this remove this tube and exchange it with the V Z tube in the adjacent generators of A or F Because you know the tubes in the and F sections are operating properly any of them can be used for testing Now all G notes should operat
19. e properly but the highest faulty tone will be in the generator section where the previously determined faulty tube has been placed Remember all of the tubes in the tone generators CAUTION excluding the E generator are the same except for twelve 6 FH amp tubes in V 2 position All others are 6X8 tubes Hint When the sustain tabs are on sometimes a tube may produce a tone which plays quietly at all times even when no key is depressed Determine the family of the leaky tone and pull out the tubes from this section one at a time starting with the one farthest from the metal can The first tube which silences the tone when removed is the one that requires replacement You have now learned how to locate a faulty tube anywhere in the group of tubes in the tone generator chassis If this method does not disclose a faulty tube in the generators contact your dealer for service Next let us consider the MCN Control Chassis This is above the tone generators and to the right as you face the rear of the organ It contains five 5 tubes arranged in a horizontal row The five tubes in this chassis have a variety of functions When one of these fails substitutions can be made to locate the faulty tube Several types of faults are covered below to help you find the defective tube groups of notes Depending upon the tabs used if an entire keyboard does not respond or if a group of consecutive keys produces no tone or a defective tone
20. e they stop the particular voice when the tab is in the Off position That is when on that particular voice Notice how easy it is to quickly select the voice or voices you desire c Lower Keyboard This is known as the Lower or Great Manual Although the left hand is generally used on this manual there are many occasions when both hands are used or just the right hand alone The stops which affect the lower Manual are in the lower tab control assembly d Pedal Keyboard Note that vou have a full octave of thirteen pedal keys the equivalent of 16 and 8 pipes from C through C an octave above The tones from these pedal keys add a rhythm or in faster or popular music a beat Thus as in an orchestra while the pedals keep a rhythm one hand can play the melody and the other hand can add an accom paniment As you listen to an orchestra generally will hear these three levels of music fe Expression Pedal As with all organs and unlike the piano there is no way to control volume or get expression from the keyboard Therefore the Ex pression Pedal operated by the right foot permits vou to change the volume from loud to soft just as a singer varies the volume or his voice or as an orches tra changes the amount of sound it produces f Vibrato Tabs These are the three black tabs to the right in the top row They permit you to add wavering effects to all types of music Their con venient location and e
21. ened with water and a little mild soap Immediately wipe dry with a soft cloth keys and stop tabs To remove stickiness or greasiness which may have accumulated use a clean soft cloth dampened in water and a little mild soap Do not use any solvents thinners or dryers such as alcohol gasoline lighter fluid carbon tetrachloride etc They may attack either or both the lettering and the finish on the tabs foot pedals These can be cleaned with a damp cloth and mild soap solution as recommended above sun heat and cold Here is a final word about the care of the Console Do not place it where the sunlight will be directed on the cabinet In time as with any piece of fine furniture the sun will bleach the finish Also heat from the sun can damage the finish f the instrument is placed near a window which is opened in winter sudden blasts of cold air on a eabinet at room tem perature can cause damage Placing b a Tadaa or hot nd rehier ta nisp sadami Heavy objects should not be left standing on the top of the case since in time they can mar the finish There is no need for bolting or fastening any in sure that all screws which hold the back in position are securely fastened Careful consultation with your mover will assure you of a satisfactory moving job without damage Ce If your Lowrey organ becomes inoperative or does not function properly first follow this simple step by step Check List before calling for service
22. erpowering string bass 8 flute family A colorful stop voiced with the foundational char acteristics of the flute as well as the richness of the string This beauty of voicing gives the clear res onant tones of the string bass section of an orches tra providing the depth and foundation to the music you play For a bull fiddle effect add the Pedal Sustain in the Medium position and play the pedals with a light quick touch in the upper octave Either of these 16 and 8 pitches can be used in dividually or in combination on the 13 note pedal keyboard of your Lowrey Heritage The judgment is left entirely to the discretion of the player based upon his style and the music In addition there are four settings of pedal inten sity very soft soft medium and full The three white tabs located in the lower group of controls versatile arrangement offers the equivalent of 12 individual pedal stops to balance properly to any combination of manual keyboard voices A complete description of these tabs is discussed on page 15 Mechanical stops vibrato This interesting and appealing variation is controlled by the three black tabs at the right end of the second row of controls They create the wavering effect which you notice most in the violin the cello and other string instruments Listen to a singer and you will hear the same vibrato However the speed of the vibrato wavers per second varies with
23. he expression pedal turn on the Soft Medium and Full tabs in that order Here you have three addi tional degrees of volume or pedal intensity You will find this wide range of four pedal volumes helpful in matching any stop registration you select For soft classical or liturgical musie where there is no definite rhythm the pedal setting should probably be soft With a rhythm tune like a waltz or a popular song you may wish to use the Medium intensity and as vou add voices to both manuals and inerease the volume from the keyboards you will probably then wish to use a Full pedal volume As you play different selections you will sense the lecessity for more or less pedal volume and will soon become accustomed to making the various changes rri sustain medium long This is an outstanding Lowrey feature welcomed by the professional and absolutely essential for proper and ihe timeless classics pedal control by the less experienced With these two tabs in the off position press a pedal key several times The effect is similar to that of most electronic organs since they do not have a Pedal Sustain Now with these tabs in the on position press a pedal again After releasing the key the pedal tone reverberates and sustains in about four or five seconds It resembles a pipe organ tone in a large eathedral or amphitheater or the resonance of a bass voil Thus you can lift your foot from one key and the sou
24. hird tone two octaves higher If you add the Flute 16 you will hear a fourth tone one octave lower in pitch than the 8 voice When you add the Quint 5 s you will hear the G immediately above Middle C And by adding the Coupler 274 you will hear G an octave higher than Quint G With these six tabs in the on position you will hear six tones and in the organist s language you have coupled these six sets of pipes so that every time you press one key you will hear six tones If you play a chord of four notes you will produce twenty four tones This is what gives the organ its full body and richness of tone Just remember that 8 is the basic pitch The 16 stops sound one octave lower the 4 stops sound one octave higher and the 2 stops sound two octaves higher The Quint 5 plays a fifth above and the Coupler 234 plays a twelfth above These will be explamed in detail under the discussion of these voices in the next section Stop tabs and what they mean Special Effects Pre set Percussion harpsichord For this effect use the Medium Sustain and no Vibrato We suggest that you use this voice with the Upper to Lower 8 4 2 coupler so that the voice carries to the Lower Manual you now have a S gt note keyboard Play in a completely staccato fashion with both hands and try 18th Century Drawing Room Paderewski s Minuet In G ete For a more brilliant Harpsichord try adding the Strings to the Harpsichord
25. ical ability increases The time you apend will repay you a hundred fold im additional pleasure enjoyment and salizfaction 12 16 17 15 18 A story of the past Well over two thousand years ago the first organ pipes were developed Through the centuries the organ grew in versatility but it also grew in size in weight and in cost By the end of the 19th century some organs had as many as six and even seven keyboards manuals Mot many years ago only a few of the wealthiest families were able to build a small organ into their homes It was not until recent years that a spinet organ was available for the home But thanks to mod ern science you now have a spinet organ This truly remarkable electronic instrument has solved the three problems of enormous cost excessive space required and tremendous weight A few words about the Lowrey organ Since 1894 Lowrey has spent many pioneering years in research and development of fine tone Some work was done as early as 1910 and beginning in 1918 a great deal of research went into several types of electric generators With the advent of the elec tronie vacuum tube Lowrey in 1928 to develop what later became known as an electronic organ Through the 1930 s and 1940 s many different gen erating systems were developed some of them which are now being used bv other companies These were all abandoned by Lowrey in favor of the new Eccles Jordan circuit which t
26. loud enough Without adding more voices but just turning on the Solo tabs the volume of the notes played on the Lower Manual will increase and offer the proper contrast to the voices on the Upper Manual Generally voice combinations are set up for the Upper Manual without any of the Solo tabs Try this by setting up the six flute voices of 16 8 4 2 Quint 5 s and Coupler 234 Now if you wish to emphasize the lower register of this combination turn on the 16 Solo By the same token the 8 Solo brings out the middle range and the 4 and 2 Solos emphasize the higher ranges The coloring quality of the Quint 5 4 and Coupler 234 are accentuated by the use of their solo tabs In other words these five solos double the number of Upper Manual voices Each of the voices is an accompaniment or soft stop by applying a Solo tab you make them a solo or loud stop Remember if a selection is played on both manuals and you feel that the volume intensity of one manual should be increased there is no need to add more voices as you would have to do on other instruments Merely turn on a Solo tab or two of your choice and you suddenly lift the melody so it stands out just like a solo instrument in an orchestra When Solo tabs are not used in either manual you have thousands of tonal combinations which like other organs can be arrived at purely by the use of the voice tabs However by adding the various Solos
27. n a pipe organ referred to a control which stopped the wind to a specific group of pipes Later t signified a set of pipes for the whole manual one pipe for each key all of which produced the same tone color With the developments in the 20th century organs now have two classes of stops speaking stops which bring forth the actual voices or tones and mechanical stops which by themselves produce no tone but create different effects on the individual speaking stops If this sounds somewhat confusing we suggest that you reread this paragraph so that you know the difference between the two types of stops In this section we will first cover the speaking stops so thal you will know something about the history and use of each one Following this each of the mechanical stops will be covered in detail If you are not familiar with the many stops in the vast field of organ terminology the subject must appear confusing However it is really quite simple All stops fall into one of four families known as Flute String Reed and Diapason The Diapason tones form the foundation of the organ and all other stops sup plement it an combine with it It is a tone peculiar to the organ in that it has no counterpart in the orches tra The diapason is not an orchestral voice but a full round and dignified structural stop around which an infinite variety of expression can be built Flute tones may be described as pure and round very mellow a
28. nd will continue for several seconds giving you time to press the next key You can even get a pedal legato when you play from C to G or any other keys which are widely separated on the pedalboard Note that this has been engineered so that the first pedal note is cancelled the instant you play the The Long Pedal Sustain may be too long for cer tain types of music when less sustain is desired For eason Lowrey engineers have developed the Medium Sustain used by turning the right hand tab to the off or med position The use of this exclusive Lowrey feature is dependent upon the music and the way you play it Therefore as you play different selections experiment with these three set tings until you are familiar with their many uses This Pedal Sustain developed by Lowrey engi neers is most desirable not only because it closely approximates the results associated with a pipe or gan but because it also offers a marvelous assist to the relatively inexperienced organist Fun With The Lowrey Organ im your Heritage Owners Enrelope is arranged lo acquaini you with the magnificent solo roices of the organ such as clarinet strings trombone oboe the reverent church qualities which are inherent in every Lowrey organ a number of the amazing percussion effecis guilar ribraharp harpsichord banjo and of course ihe unusual special effects that are arailabie only on your Heritage In addition io F
29. nd with practically no overtones The opposite are the String tones which have a vibrant keen quality that in certain voices can be biting or harsh they often resemble the string instruments in an orchestra The Reed tones defy description as a individual and provide complete contrast to other stops The reed voices make outstanding solo voices and are extremely effective in the creation of orches tral coloring footage On your Lowrey Heritage each voice is marked with a footage designation such as 16 8 4 2 54 and 234 These are so marked because this is the organist s unit of measure So you can quickly under stand this subject just consider an 8 group of pipes as the basic pitch It is called 8 because the longest pipe the bottom C on the manuals in this group is physically 8 high in a pipe organ As we go up the scale each pipe becomes progressively shorter how ever each pipe in the series is referred to by the actual length of the longest pipe even though the rest of them are smaller So although there are no bulky space consuming pipes in the modern and versatile Lowrev Heritage the stops are marked in footages for your convenience Now turn on the Flute 8 on the Upper Manual and play Middle C Press this key and you will hear the 8 voice Holding the same key if you now add the Flute 4 you also hear a tone exactly one octave higher in pitch Add the Piccolo 2 and you will hear a t
30. ngly or in combination with the above tabs As with all these pre sets ex periment and try different combinations to find those which best fit your mood the way you play and the effects you wish to create chimes all swell 8 4 and 2 voices The Chimes were painstakingly developed in the Lowrey laboratories and carefully checked against the voices of actual chimes To create the Chimes pull the Chimes Effects knob at the right of the Upper Manual turn the Manual Sustain tabs On and in the Long position and put on any of the Upper 8 4 or 2 voices You now have 18 notes of chimes on the Upper Manual from C an octave above Middle C to the top F as indicated by the gold line on the black channel Remember you can still play conventional organ on the lower section of the Upper Manual 19 notes either with arpeggios or sustained chords creating an interesting three manual organ effect When playing the keys for Chimes do not hold the key but strike it in a very staccato fashion Only a few of the multiple uses of the Chimes are suggested below If you have a combination of Flute 8 Trumpet 8 and Flute 4 with the Long Sustain and the Chimes Effeets knob out a large full chime or Carillon will be heard For a smaller and more brilliant chime use just the Flute 4 To create the delightful sound of little Swiss Bells try the Pic colo 2 Also for a beautiful Harp accompaniment with
31. normal use because additional distortion will not result except at higher output levels The power amplifier consists of two push pull 7591 tubes Maximum signal power output 30 watts Two 12 PM heavy duty speakers with combined voice coil impedance of 16 ohms are wired in parallel to mateh the secondary 16 ohm impedance of the output transformer In addition a heavy duty mid range driver with appropriate erossover network is used to isolate the highs and lows for best acoustical purchased at your Lowrey dealer s or at any radio or TV repair shop lone generators After removing the back of the organ you will see a large chassis containing the 49 tone generator tubes See Figure 2 This chassis is divided into twelve sections each one of which produces the family of tones as indicated by the stamping next to the square metal ean Since for the purpose of this discussion these twelve sections are all the same we will con sider only one The tube which produces the highest tone for a family of notes is in the V 1 socket closest to the metal can The next tube in the V 2 socket is locked to it and produces the tone exactly one octave lower Likewise the next tube in the V 3 socket is locked to the V 2 tube and produces the tone exactly one octave lower The tube farthest from the metal can in the V 4 socket is locked to the third and produces the lowest tone of the keyboard Thus if the tube nearest the can V 1 becomes f
32. o combination move the left hand tab to the Slow position This Slow Heavy com bination is used less frequently than any of the others but it does have a desirability for Trombone Trum pet and for solo Cello and Hawaiian effects This unusual vibrato is applied differently by different Note that this simple tab arrangement will permit you to vary your music frequently while you play Sometimes you will use a particular vibrato for only a few measures or by just turning the righthand tab to Off you suddenly have no vibrato and after playing four or eight measures you can easily go back to the previous vibrato In summary then change the vibratos frequently and you will never have the feeling that your music is becoming monotonous This is the seasoning which you can add to make your music just that much more delightful solo 16 8 4 2 54 s 24 s These six Solo tabs are another feature originated and developed by Lowrey engineers which will make you both happy and proud that you have selected a Lowrey Heritage They produce no sound in them selves but they are probably the most valuable tabs at your finger tips because they greatly multiply the number of voice combinations from your Lowrey Hentage The Solo 8 on the Lower Manual increases the volume of any or all of the eight Lower Manual voices For example you may find that a solo melody of single notes in the left hand or just staccato chords may not be
33. oday is the most advanced and stable circuit in the industry Thus your Lowrey is different than any other organ in that it starts with the odd harmonics of a clarinet tone and as a result can produce not only good reed tones but also clear clean flute tones and fine string tones rich in harmonics The Lowrey was not an over night discovery The many pioneering years spent in organ research and development have resulted in the creation design and manufacture of a high quality dependable organ which is considered as an outstanding achievement Are you artist amateur or beginner If vou have had experience with an acceptable organ you will be familiar with the strange words of stops footages solo sustain ete Thus you will instantly feel very much at home with your If you have had experience with a keyboard instru ment but not with the organ you will want to read all that follows The organ is different than other key board instruments since it encompasses practically every field of tone and has a greater dynamic range than any other musical instrument If you wish to purchase organ music you will find that there is a vast quantity of Lowrey organ music available from most music dealers When inquiring about music be sure to ask for Lowrey organ music With the wealth of fine Lowrey organ methods that are available today everybody can play the Lowrey Organ even though you have never
34. oes this guarantee apply to parts which have been repaired outside of our factory nor to instances where the serial number of the instrument has been removed or defaced or changed nor to accessories not of our own manufacture used therewith This guarantee is in lieu of all other guarantees expressed or implied and no representative or person is authorized to assume for us any other liability in connection with the sale of the instrument THE LOWREY ORGAN COMPANY 1373 N CICERO AVE CHICAGO 46 ILLINOIS
35. oice having a pastoral character full of tenderness It is an excellent solo stop closely re sembling the plaintive voice of the orchestral instru ment For those who know the orchestral instrument we merely mention that this stop has a greater range A fascinating and haunting quality can be obtained by adding the Clarinet and the Quint 5 s In such ease the effect is created with or without vibrato and may be plaved throughout the entire keyboard flute 4 flute family This stop is typical of the Lowrey s clear clean flutes and is the little brother of the 8 and 16 Flutes previously discussed It plays one octave higher than the 8 Flute and two octaves higher than the 16 Flute When you play arpeggios without vibrato your result will be celeste and bell like tones you will also notice a brightness and keen quality when you combine this with other stops When the Flute 4 is played with the Long Sustain and combined with the 16 Flute it creates an echo chamber effect string 4 string family This is the companion of the String 8 and plays one octave higher When played as a solo with the Fast Heavy Vibrato it closely resembles the Gypsy or orchestral violin in a higher register When combined with other stops it adds a rich biting quality very brilliant in nature It is absolutely essential for many tvpes of organ music piccolo 2 flute family This brilliant flute stop is pi
36. only possesses this richness of the orchestral clarinet but in the middle portion of the keyboard it is superior to the orchestral instrument because it is less shrill The classical music lover will prefer this I E I voice with the Slow Manual Attack for a lip action When combined with the Quint 5 5 many unusual and oriental effects can be obtained For related effects it is desirable to also add the trumpet or string voices trumpet 8 reed family A bright silvery voice with just sufficient brassiness to give it true character When played as a solo in the middle register of the keyboard with a Slow Heavy Vibrato this stop to some extent produces the effect of an orchestral trumpet Quite often it is used to combine with other stops to give a brilliance to the music being played In such cases the addition of a Fast Heavy Vibrato for popular music is most desirable saxophone 8 reed family Here is a lovely voice for ballads and romantic selec tions soft and penetrating in the higher octaves full and rich in the lower octaves It does not appear on many organs because it is a difficult sound to create However the Lowrey Heritage being an un usuallv fine organ it can closely reproduce the sounds of the saxophone by the addition of a Fast Heavy or Fast Light Vibrato and the occasional use of the exclusive Lowrey Glide oboe 8 reed family A melodial v
37. played a note before May we also refer you to the exclusive Lowrey Minit Musie method available only to purchasers of the Lowrey Organ After you are play ing your favorite melodies either with Minit Music or with any other organ method you will enjoy many eountless hours at your Lowrey Heritage with all of its vast resources b UPPER KEYBOARD f viBRATO TABS c LOWER KEYBOARD al STARTING SWITCH 1 SUSTAIN TABS lg ORGAN VOLUME h BRILLIANCE CONTROL J GLIDE CONTROL EXPRESSION PEDAL d PEDAL KEYBOARD Controls and their operation Just to make sure you understand the basic parts of your Lowrey Heritage carefully read each of the following paragraphs with the in view A good knowledge of your instrument and what it can do will assure you of greater ease in playing it and thus greater satisfaction and enjoyment a Starting Switch This On Off Switch to the nght of the lower keyboard controls the entire organ It will warm up in about fifteen seconds but a few seconds additional time may be required for the vibrato section to take effect b Upper Keyboard This is the Upper or Swell Manual Generally it is played with the right hand but many times it is played with both hands or just the left hand alone The stop tabs in the top two rows control the tones for this Upper Manual and they may be played singly or in any combination They are called Stops becaus
38. r row of stops control the 8 4 and 2 and preset voices of the Upper Manual Pot POOF convinto DIS section e ane per cussion the voice tabs are printed in red and the mechanical Solo stops are solid red Turning both of the sustain tabs on will cause the 8 4 and 2 Upper Manual voices to sustain over a period of about two seconds after a key is released By turning the left hand tab to Medium there is a sustain which lasts about one second These two tabs can create many different instrumental effects which will be described later However the wide scope of this manual sustain does not stop here Reverberation of a most authentic nature can be obtained with vour new Lowrey Heritage Use any selection of 16 8 4 and 2 stops and play something in the conventional organ manner As with any organ if acoustics are poor due to smallness of the room carpeting draperies and other factors which deaden sound the resulting organ tone will seem suppressed and restricted in its tonal quality Then introduce the Medium Manual Sustain and later the Long Sustain You will notice that the walls of the room seem to disappear because you have added a nat ural reverberation which normally could come only from a large vaulted chamber or auditorium with hard floors walls and ceiling where the sound would echo and so improve the tones produced Your new Lowrey will sound beautiful no matter how small or acoustically dead
39. tehed two octaves above the Flute 8 The duty of the Piccolo 2 is principally to extend the range of the 8 and 4 flutes in the high register Its beauty of tone and clarity of pitch id Stop tabs and what they mean give it wide use in any register on the keyboard The whistling piercing quality of the Piccolo 2 in its highest compass is extraordinarily powerful making it of extreme value in both solo work and artistic registration quint 51 5 flute family This stop should never be played alone The reason is that it produces a tone a fifth above the key which is pressed In other words when you press a C only the G will be heard if you press a D only the A will be heard The stop is a must on all fine organs because in combination with other stops it adds a richness called tone coloring In combination with the Oboe Clarinet Trombone and other stops played without vibrato it lends an Oriental atmosphere to any melody Continued experimentation with this stop will determine its best uses quint 54 3 lo 25 5 This stop cannot be played alone The reason is that it is a Coupler with respect to the Quint 5 With the Quint 544 when you press a C only the G is heard with the 2 Coupler when you press a C the G an octave above will be heard When the Coupler 234 is used in combination with Quint and other stops provided Quint 5 4 tab is On
40. the Chimes use the 8 and 4 Flutes and roll the chords on the lower section of the Upper Manual 19 notes or couple the 8 and 4 Flutes down to the Lower Manual Upper to Lower 8 4 2 and you will have a full Harp of 44 notes for arpeggios Thus with your Lowrey Heritage you can produce sounds which the world has never heard before Stop tabs and what they mean Lowrey Voices Upper Manual flute 16 flute family A basic stop having a deep mellow tone of the pure flute family Pitched one octave below the Flute 8 its clear singing and reposeful qualities make it ideal for a flute ensemble diapason chorus and in every direction in which it may be employed trombone 16 reed family Principally the function of this stop is similar to that of the bass trombone in an orchestra The tone of the Trombone 16 is smooth poetical and full of beauty In the lower register it is dark and liquid brilhant and triumphant in the high compass To simulate hestral instrument use a Vibrato setting of Slow Heavy with the occasional use of the exclusive Lowrey Glide An unusual voice can be obtained with the Quint 5 s in any vibrato setting to suit the music cello 16 string family This is truly an orchestral stop It has been carefully voiced clear singing and reposeful with the proper harmonies so that it has all the richness resonance and liquid tones of the orchestral instrument for which it
41. the Upper Manual but it sounds one octave higher When played alone on the Lower Manual it offers the ideal accompaniment for the Trombone 16 In combination with other stops it adds a resonance or body to the voicing french horn 8 reed family This stop can be used with the Solo 8 to play either melody or counter melody on the Lower Manual Without a vibrato it closely resembles the orchestral instrument It has been made a must on all Lowrey Organs since in recent years the French Horn has become a very important voice on many expensive organs It should be used frequently as the accom paniment for softer voices and combinations on the Upper Manual english horn 8 reed family A beautiful solo stop and valuable in artistic regis tration producing in combination with softly voiced stops of contrasting and harmonic corroborating qualities compound voices of remarkable tonalities vox humana 8 reed family This stop requires the aid of the Vibrato in a Fast Heavy setting imparting a distinctive coloring to soft combinations of contrasting tonalities Played alone in full chords its tones are rich and beautiful Lowrey Voices Pedals bourdon 16 flute family A basic stop of 16 pitch having a deep rich tone of the pure flute family It provides an ideal foundation for solo or accompaniment playing and because of its character and voicing it has an amazing carrying power without being loud or ov
42. the in strument or voice So does the depth which is the extent of the vibrato above or below the accurate pitch Some instruments have a great deal of vibrato others have very little some have none With the right hand vibrato tab in the Off posi tion it makes no difference what is set up on the Other two The tone will resemble that of a pipe organ which obviously adapts music played in this way to many religious selections as well as some classical music However since music is an expres sion of a composer s or musician s feelings there is no positive rule for the use of vibrato Here is the first effect With the three vibrato tabs off hold a tone Then turn the right hand tab to the On position You are now using a Slow Light Vibrato which is ideal for offertories and voluntaries in church music and is used frequently for operatic light elassical and some ballad selections Second holding the same tone move the left hand tab from Slow to Fast Now you have a Fast Light Vibrato which can be used for almost any type of music For a third vibrato move the center tab from Light to Heavy Now all three tabs are in the on position so you have a Fast Heavy Vibrato This is used to a great extent for ballad and popular music The string voices sound unusually rich and full when this vibrato is used Unusual Theater Organ effects can be obtained when using the flute stops For the fourth vibrat
43. the room may be manual attack With the tab in the off position the attack of the 8 4 and 2 voices is normal Move the Manual Attack tab to the Slow position and you will notice that the tones are somewhat delayed as they would be on an accordion or a pipe organ This desirable arrangement permits you to change the character of your music from one extreme to the other with just the flip of a single tab Thus vour Lowrey gives you the choice of two different kinds of manual attack For example play the Clarinet voice without vibrato With the Attack tab in the slow position the Clarinet will have the soft attack of the French instrument When the tab is turned off the brilliant attack is at your com mand Use these various attacks to make your music more interesting more versatile and more enjoyable pedal soft medium full These are the three white tabs in the lower group of controls marked Pedal and they control the vol ume of the thirteen keys played with the feet With the three white tabs in the off position place the Bourdon 16 in the on position then hold a pedal key and place the expression pedal about half way This is a very soft pedal position sufficient for the soft voices such as the String 4 or Oboe 8 on the Upper Manual and the Vox Humana 8 or Eng lish Horn 8 on the Lower Manual Now still holding the pedal key with your left foot and without moving t
44. un With The Lowrey Organ suggested registrations are shown om the following pages with selections from the Lowrey Minil Music lo help you create many other beautiful iones and special combinations for your farorite ballads hii of the day hymne Lowrey Glide Control There are many reasons why your Lowrey ts such a superior instrument If you have carefully read the previous portions of this book you are now aware of those many advantages Once you feel you have ob tained some familiarity with your new instrument you are ready to move into the use of the erclusire Lowrey Glide Control Musicians everywhere amateur artist and pro fessional all say that the exclusive Lowrey Glide Control is the greatest organ development in recent years Some organists are not even aware that it is available and not many realize the wonderful way in which it enhances the orchestral voices of the trom bone clarinet trumpet strings flutes etc The white tab marked Glide at the left end in the top group of controls governs the Glide Control on the left side of the Expression or swell pedal When you have the Glide tab in the Cont posi tion or controlled position you can push the Glide Control to the left with the inside of the right foot and the entire instrument will flat about a semi tone Also the vibrato will stop completely As long as you hold the control to the left it will stay that way because you control it

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