Lowrey organ

English

Alternative forms

  • Lowery organ (uncommon)

Etymology

Named after American industrialist and entrepreneur Frederick C. Lowrey (1871–1955).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈləʊ.ɹiː ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈloʊ.ɹi ˈɔɹ.ɡən/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡən

Noun

Lowrey organ (plural Lowrey organs)

  1. An electronic organ instrument.
    • 2002 April 26, Tony Bacon, 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul: Half a Century of the Greatest Electric Guitars, Backbeat, →ISBN, page 48:
      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.
    • 2008 November 6, National Academy of Engineering, Memorial Tributes, volume 12, National Academies Press, →ISBN, page 137:
      He continued to study and develop his musical abilities for the piano and the organ and was the proud owner of two Lowery organs.
    • 2023 September 5, Jérôme Soligny, David Bowie Rainbowman: 1967-1980, Hachette Livre, →ISBN, page 95:
      On ‘The Prettiest Star’, a Lowrey organ, named after the American who designed it, can be clearly heard.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lowrey organ.
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