It will of course fall well short, but I am sure Yamaha will try their best.

Bill

Suppose it would fit in the back of my SUV for a gig?

No, but if you purchased one of those new, oversized work vans it just might squeeze in. Of course, knowing the price tags for Lowrey, I suspect if you could afford the Lowrey, you could afford a portable stage system that you could tow behind your monster truck to the venues.

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Cheers,

Gary

My guess... $15,000 for the Lowrey?!? How much do these sell for and how many do they sell?

I'm sure it retails for over $70,000. We had one model that retailed for $100,000 around 2001. But, you have to remember nobody just goes out and buys one without a large trade. It was not uncommon to get $10,000 or $20,000 to boot. A whole different culture than what we do here on SZ.

I agree with Scott. I have a friend that owns a $72,000 Lowrey and it sounds great, but can only do a fraction of the things I can on the PSR-S950. The one in the video will likely go for much more than $72,000.

Gary

This is exactly the opposite of the direction i think the tyros 5 is moving to...

If you want a modern organ, best go for OAX and Wersi...

List Price in the US

No Lowrey dealers seem to have prices in advertised as nobody pays the full amount anyway, plus the dealers give over the odds for any trade in, as it looks like you are getting a better deal. (As mentioned in a previous post)

The £ has been going up and down like a yo yo of late, however using a standard (Current) conversion, the list price in the US, should be between $25.000 - $31.000

As to sales, then most models when they are released, go out to new or existing owners as soon as they come in.

Bill

Lowrey is priced way over what it's worth and that's to keep you in their league forever. To me it still sounds like a Lowrey that
has been around forever. Wersi can blow it away very easily.
When you go to sell it. get ready for a long wait and you never
get a fraction of the very high price you paid for it.
I know what I'm talking about because I have seen people buy these organs and pay ridiculous prices. Let the Buyer Beware. Lloyd

Way back, before arrangers, I had several generations of Lowreys. The last one was Contempo 80. They were about the only organs back then that had passable auto bass and drums--not real good but passable for the time. I never paid more than about half the asking price for them.
I switched to Yamaha mainly because the dealer became a friend and wanted people to see me playing them. Last huge Yammy was FS500, a real beast. It think it was 1982 or 83. I got tired of lugging it around, along with Leslie, pedals, bench and huge pa. Went to a primitive Yamaha arranger PSR 60 maybe? I midied it to DX7, a drum machine, and a piano module. Mainly what the arranger did was generate bass patterns and basic strums.
We've come a long way!

Many years ago when I was working for a local dealer Lowery was one of the top brands we sold along with Emminent/Solina. All these instruments were heavy and hard work to move around. Most of the local venues Had a resident old Hammond B or C3/Lowery Holiday or like. Later I was teaching for a Yamaha dealer and saw the introduction of the HX modular range, arranger keyboards had yet to get off the drawing board as such,It was 1988/89 when Technics launched the KN range, this introduced Great sounds, arranger styles but more important was composer (not just drums) sequencer 8 track and the ability to use sampled sound and modify the structure like a pro synthesiser. But the great thing was it was Pro standard and you did not need a forklift to move it around.

I had Technics KN800, 1000, 2000 and 5000. Way ahead of their time!

All Skate!!

Hi,,Don you hit the right buttom Technics keyboards there where
Way ahead of their time!
I still have my KN7000 and the audya5 both are fantastic

It also looks that with the goodbyes of Technics and GEM most innovations in the arranger market stopped... because in my opinion it was these two companies that atleast tried to innovate and be different from the rest...

And thats what really makes it a sad thing... i can tell you that i never ever bought any Panasonic products after the day they pulled the plug on technics.

I thought it was a Tyros 5 post ???? and what we want in new unit !!!!

organ talk good but would like to talk about new T unit new from NAMM it going to be a while i heard summer but I think it going to be longer

for the new Unit

I did see the RD 2000 and if you are looking for a good stage Piano it a real good one full poly on piano that is a big step

i think i am going to pick one up >


Ron

So if I can't afford(or even play)a Lowrey, how many $50 - $75 gigs do I need to play to buy this?

http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/keyboards/transacoustic/c3x-shta/?mode=model

😊

I hope Yamaha falls well short.

Marcus

Tyros Magic - Theatre Organ Showcase Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DK6FLk_NJQ

Tyros Magic - Classical Spectacular Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhNGSBVZhIg

70s Home Organ samples expansion voices for Tyros / PSR/Daw/Vst/Plug-in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuz-R9ocX7Y

Lower Split Voices For Yamaha Tyros Twin TRX Organ Type System Users
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc9b9vrjQHg

Vintage Euro Organ Sample wav Expansion for Tyros,PSR,DAW,VST,PLUG-IN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k78zl_rf4k

Photo from when I was switching over my Tyros4-5 twinset to my present Tyros 5 twinset.

Marcus

Songwriting with the Yamaha Tyros5 Arranger Workstation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUW7ZSIJ4EE

The tyros 5 is perfect for professional song writing as well and found in many professional studios.

My Tyros 4 was bought by a studio in Toronto for Ethnic sound sample performances and pro recordings. The Studio technician specifically sought out a Tyros for it's quality, vast sample selection and reliability in this regard.

Marcus