Meanings
plural Lowrey organs · alternative uncommon Lowery organ
- An electronic organ instrument.
On ‘The Prettiest Star’, a Lowrey organ, named after the American who designed it, can be clearly heard.
2023 September 5, Jérôme Soligny, David Bowie Rainbowman: 1967-1980, Hachette Livre, →ISBN, page 952 more examples
He told his boss, Maurice Berlin, that he was tired of travelling so much between CMI’s factories, including plants for Lowrey organs and Olds brass as well as Gibson.
2002 April 26, Tony Bacon, 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul: Half a Century of the Greatest Electric Guitars, Backbeat, →ISBN, page 48He continued to study and develop his musical abilities for the piano and the organ and was the proud owner of two Lowery organs.
2008 November 6, National Academy of Engineering, Memorial Tributes, volume 12, National Academies Press, →ISBN, page 137
Origin
Named after American industrialist and entrepreneur Frederick C. Lowrey (1871–1955).
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