Spinets have a one octave pedal board, while consoles have a massive radial pedal board that covers two octaves. The Lowrey keyboards are about twice the depth of the keyboards used by Roland and have their switches behind, rather than below the keys.
#Lowrey organ shutting down manual#
On the Holiday, there are five contact sets on the upper manual, and only one set on the lower manual (plus a few extras on the bottom octave for automatic accompaniment). The lower manual will usually have less contacts than the upper manual too. As features drop, or age drops, the number of contacts will also go down. Notes: In older organs, especially the more complex ones, keyboards will have several contacts per key. Keyboards from other brands probably cannot be joined to form a single 88 key manual. As such the lower manual keys do not cover the same range as organs by most other manufacturers.
#Lowrey organ shutting down manuals#
In the case of 44 note keyboards, it may be possible to mount the upper and lower manuals side by side to give a massive 88 keys! Note that Lowrey organs use keys from single 88 note keyboard to make their organs. Possible use: Needless to say, you will want a keyboard for your synth. Some organs may also have a third "solo" or "synthesizer" keyboard. Some up-market spinets may have as many as 49 keys per keyboard, while entry level organs may have as few as 37 per keyboard. In the case of a spinet, the keyboards will usually be 44 keys each. Most common organs have two keyboards: the upper and lower manuals. This of course depends on the model of organ you buy, but in most cases you can expect to get the following: In the case of Lowrey organs, these usually come good with use. Also, as is common in old organs that haven't been used a lot, a number of switches and keys had corroded contacts.
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Replacing the electros across the zeners in the power supply brought that back to full operation.
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(Who's the idiot that designed slide pots with plastic shafts?) The power supply had the tendency to suddenly shut down, and the output was generally weak. If I had paid more, or was wanting to use it as an organ I may have been upset, but in this case the parts of the organ in which I was interested were fine. I was told it was in excellent condition. I found a Lowrey Symphonic Holiday listed in the local Trading Post for $250, about a quarter of the usual asking price. Having repaired the Citation, I was again on the lookout for a second hand organ for parts. What do you get for your money if you buy one? Here I look at the insides of a Lowrey Symphonic Holiday from 1975. Many organs from the seventies, and even the eighties are frequently available at rock bottom prices on the second hand market. Starting out in synthesizer DIY? Need parts? Looking at an old organ may be your answer. Ken Stone's Modular Synthesizer The organ as a source of synthesizer parts.