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Hi,

Probably the most prominent user of the Lowrey was Garth Hudson from The 
Band who also recorded extensively with Bob Dylan and a host of other 
folk. He made some gorgeous sounds with it, and used the pitch bend to 
great effect as well. I don't know what model he used but in the pics 
I've seen it looks like a full size job.

His web site is http://www.garthhudson.com/.

meatballfulton wrote:

> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Murrell" <bjork01@c...> wrote:
> >
> > I had no idea it was actually done on a home organ,
> > that's interesting and maybe gives me a little better
> > insight into how to program that sound knowing that
> > it's a repeating banjo part.
>
> My mom owned a Lowrey, that's the board I learned to play on. In
> addition to the "repeat percussion" feature (square wave modulated
> tremelo) it also had a pitch bender ("Hawaiian guitar" effect) and a
> wah-wah built in. Both the bender and wah were activated by toe levers
> at the top of the volume pedal.
>
> You can hear the bender in use on most Soft Machine albums, Mike
> Ratledge used a Lowrey rather than a Hammond.
>