I barely played the family's Hammond L112 growing up, but after finding this exact wooden keyed Lowrey Holiday Spinet organ model at a thrift store for 25 bucks in my 20's I fell in love with it. ( In organ language "Console" means two or more full 61 key manuals recognized by the fact they line up with each other, and Console models have 25 or 32 pedals. 'Spinet" means 2 keys 43 keys manuals recognizable by the fact that they are staggered with the lower manual shifted to the left). Pedal Glide ( pedal edge pitch bend for Hawaiian guitar effects), Sustain, and small rocker tabs are all shared features with the Wurlitzer Organ Company. In fact Wurlitzer invented Sustain in 1953 on the great Wurlitzer Electrostatic Continuous Free Reed Organ model 4600 full Console model and the 4410 spinet model . Every key on the keyboard has it's own independent sustain using a capacitor and resistor "bleeder circuit' on every key. For the 'long, medium, short' sustain choices 2 capacitors are used, where the long sustain just puts both capacitors in parallel. ( see great animated article ggl- North Suburban Hammond Organ Society and choose WURLITZER 4600 and choose TECH ARTICLE ). Ken Griffin played the Wurlitzer 4600 exclusively (no Hammond, unlike his other albums) on Skating Time album, Cruising Down The River album, The Ken Griffin 67 Melody Lane album AND all of the Ken Griffin 67 Melody Lane TV Show episodes on ytb now. Wurlitzer worked so hard to compete with Hammond. No sooner did they tackle the slow attack problem that came with reed organs, by having all reeds in motion from the instant the organ was turned on ( you'll see how they did it in the 4600 tech article, Hammond dropped the "Key Percussion" on the music world and changed popular music organ forever. Lowrey organs set the stage for "Pop" organ music, in that it had a friendlier tonality. The Hammond Tone wheel organ invented in 1935 by Laurens Hammond produces one type of sound, "clarinet-like" flute. However this tone can be combined with varying volume levels of other notes on the organ, even with the same exact "clarinet-like" sound and the interaction results in harmonic synthesis of sorts. It's not unlike an ordinary pencil being able to result in great art based on the shades and perception. An excellent example of this can be seen at the 40 minute mark in the Theatre Organ documentary which the creator used a 1930's Paramount Pictures film reel about the all new Hammond organ. It's on Ytb and it's called, *Legendary Theatre Organists* . This documentary was actually made before the Leslie rotary Tremunent was invented by theatre organ enthusiast Don Leslie in 1941 or so. Tremunent is Vibrato + Tremolo. Vibrato is 'Frquency Modulation' (FM), and Tremolo is "Amplitude Modulation" (AM). AM+FM= Tremulent. In the Theatre Organ pipe tremulent is created by an oscillating air regulator bellow ( look for a picture of a 'theatre tremulent regulator). At any rate, less air in the pipe lowers the pitch and it also lowers the volume. If you oscillate this effect X times per second you get the Tremulent effect. Don Leslie reasoned that if you spin the projection of the sound you get AM as the sounds volume comes nearer and farther, and the pitch lowers based on the Doppler Effect (FM)
@Melissa0774
9 ай бұрын
Did you ever find any original instructional films that were made for these organs? I used to have this exact organ when I was a kid in the 90's and early 2000's. My dad got it from a ham radio friend who was a professional musician. It had all the original music books inside the bench, the ones with the funny old fashioned drawings of well dressed 1950's people, playing the organ in their living room. The music books said on the back that there was a whole series of instructional film reels that you could order from Lowrey. They also had ads on there for a bunch of other accessories and stuff that you could order. I was always really curious what those films were like. I never played that organ very much, even though I did play piano, because I just didn't like the sound of it very much. I never really had any good ideas for anything that I could play on it, that I thought would sound very good. To bad there wasn't KZitem back then. If I'd heard what other people do with it, I would've played it more. That's why I always wished I could've seen those films.
@jesseacorn
9 ай бұрын
I had not heard of these films before, but would love to see them if one or more ever surfaces. Thanks for sharing your story.
@MonsieurC64
2 жыл бұрын
Love the sound of this beast, but I also love your demo bits ! Beautiful musical ideas.
@jesseacorn
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I've been working on an album incorporating most of these ideas, which will be finished eventually...
@analogava2717
3 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous sounds!!! You own a beautiful machine. I have a C500 and grew up on a Holiday.
@jochapat
3 жыл бұрын
Right on Jesse. I finally have my LSO in an area where I can work on it. I took the pedal board out to check out the spring contacts. Thanks again for your help in the past. Charlie from California...
@Ccyawn123
Жыл бұрын
It’s cute! And that hook is popping!
@patricksaxon3983
3 жыл бұрын
I am amazed that it still works, being that old, it must had been serviced over the many years. The only problem is getting new diode vaccume tubes replacements, also having to replace the electrolydic capacitors over the many years of use.
@jesseacorn
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. Organs of this era exhibit vastly higher build quality and serviceability than modern ones. I now have 8 vacuum-tube organs, all now working properly after relatively minor and inexpensive work. I did replace the electrolytic capacitors on this Lowrey LS (see link in description), but it was completely preventative, since the old caps were still good, even within tolerance! All the tubes are easy and cheap to replace - in fact, most of the types in the LS are still manufactured by multiple factories (e.g. 6SL7, 6SN7, 6V6), and those that aren't (just 6X8 and 5V4) are still very common and inexpensive.
@StevenClements
2 жыл бұрын
SOUNDS fantastic! Make us some Kontakt Libraries Jesse :)
@poynt99
4 жыл бұрын
Cool Jesse. Some really great tones there.
@yeoldmedic7572
3 жыл бұрын
nice im hopefully picking up a LSL in a few weeks for free. seems to be in great shape . love the tunes your playing here man like your style and you rattledge knowledge :)
@yeoldmedic7572
2 жыл бұрын
lady junked the LSL .... luckly a LS showed up i guess ill have to live with out the leslie
@jesseacorn
2 жыл бұрын
@@yeoldmedic7572 Darn! Well, the original LS is still a fine instrument, and seems rarer, for what it's worth. Its biggest drawback is that it uses paper capacitors in places where later Lowreys switched to plastic-film. At the very least, the paper caps used in the oscillator tank circuits (12 in total) will require replacement, if they aren't already plastic-film. Otherwise, the tuning is extremely unstable. The caps coupling to the 6V6 grids (2 in all) are worth preventatively replacing. These parts are cheap, and as long as you have basic soldering ability, it's easy, just rather laborious.
@yeoldmedic7572
2 жыл бұрын
@@jesseacorn great! Ive learned a thing or two repairing a yamaha ex7, fantom x7 . shouldnt be a problem . greatful for you and your site ,a great resource . certain stops are very faint some no sound at all, keys need new felts , missing legs like yours!( seems to be a trend here) . sustain not working.bass notes fuzzy and crackly. Some stops work fine. Ill be getting to work on it eventually. I hear stops out can be the tubes. But i will do the repairs first you mention when the time comes. Also it turns out mine is a LSB! cheers brother
@wort2248
Жыл бұрын
7:36 Sounds a lot like a variation on Egg's I Will Be Absorbed, I was wondering whether you've heard of them or if this was purely coincidental (I'm assuming the former), nice playing!
@jesseacorn
Жыл бұрын
Quite right you are! Dave Stewart's playing is sublime. Come to think of it, much of my interest in vintage keyboard instruments came from Egg and other Canterbury bands, which remain constant favorites. Glad you enjoyed the demo.
@kevinvalentin4726
3 жыл бұрын
GREAAAT
@bobsbigboy_
3 жыл бұрын
LUCY IN THE SKYYY...
@singlelit0
3 жыл бұрын
Mike Ratledge used a similar model, can you run it trough a fuzz pedal or overdrive and show us the result?
@jesseacorn
3 жыл бұрын
That's a good idea; I will eventually do that! Although Ratledge used a transistor-based Holiday Deluxe (probably model TLO), early transistor Lowreys were designed much like their tube predecessors, so chances are good that very similar sounds can be achieved with the right fuzz pedal. I believe Ratledge used a Shaftesbury 'Duofuzz', itself a re-branded Univox Super-Fuzz from Japan.
@singlelit0
3 жыл бұрын
@@jesseacorn holy fuck! I did not know about the details on Mike Ratledge's setup, awesome!
@unwrinkledear
3 жыл бұрын
@@jesseacorn based on the wiki list, holiday deluxe's weren;t made until 72...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lowrey_organs (wiki could easily be wrong!) a lot of the sounds on this vid sound like ratledge's so just wondering how sure you are on ratledge's setup, thanks and great video
@jesseacorn
3 жыл бұрын
@@unwrinkledear I'm afraid Wiki is definitely wrong; the first Holiday Deluxe was the tube model LSL in 1961. This was the first Lowrey to have a built-in Leslie speaker, which seems the main distinguishing feature of "Deluxe" models. The first transistorized "Holiday Deluxes" were introduced in 1964: TLO, TLO-R, TLO-1, and TLO-1R. I think the R suffix refers to repeat percussion, and the -1 indicates some nonspecific revisions. Many sources (including Wiki) cite Ratledge as having used a Holiday Deluxe, but none of them specify the exact model. From looking at Soft Machine concert videos and pictures of various Lowreys, I can say that the TLO looks correct, but it could be one of the other slightly different versions. It is definitely not one of the tube models.
@unwrinkledear
3 жыл бұрын
@@jesseacorn That's what I figured - really appreciate that, thank you
@moutchossegringosse
3 жыл бұрын
Hey! What are you playing at 8:20? Thanks
@jesseacorn
3 жыл бұрын
Part of the fugue from Bach BWV 538 (its actual name can be misleading), which is my favorite baroque organ piece.
@moutchossegringosse
3 жыл бұрын
@@jesseacorn Thank you! It's a lovely piece, and so is your playing.
Пікірлер: 35