I'd actually say it's more likely that Steveo's was manufactured in '67 but took a while to get to the hands of the first owner than if they were used out of order.

It could be that they just threw on whatever for the serial #'s, but both the G101's and the T1 I own are carefully constructed, as probably are other Lowrey's. Can't tell for sure when that G101 is from, but some (at least one) didn't have them before mid-late 67. The show is dated September '67, so perhaps there was a middle period where there wasn't logos. Serial numbers: Ive collected dozens of serial numbers from Farfisa organs, mostly from the Compact. It was moved to underneath the organ by the signal out, so I can't guarentee it's the original one, but I don't know why anybody would ever switch them.Īlso, I watched the Ed Sullivan performance of The Doors, and Manzarek's G101 lacks the logo and is a Gibson. Farfisa organs were based on transistor accordions. He founded the Aeolian Organ and Music Company around 1888 the firm achieved considerable success with larger instruments and organs. Although, a possibility is that my serial plate isn't original. And I've found a couple 'K101''s in the organ itself. My guess for early '67 is based on that all the date stamps I found are late '66. I'm the third, possibly fourth, owner of my G101, so I never met the guy who originally had it, so no idea on when it actually/supposedly bought. I can't imagine that they ever thought they were making 'classics' that people would actually care about 40+ years later. They - and Lowrey - might have simply reached into a box of serial number plates and slapped on whichever one they picked. From what I've heard, Vox never cared enough about serial numbers to use them sequentially.

The other possibility is that these are like Vox organs. (And the buyer's memory might be faulty, too.) It's quite possible your organ sat in a warehouse or a music store for a long time before it was sold. Lowrey introduced these models in 19 when it was the most popular organ company in the United States.

On the serial number, these weren't exactly the hottest-selling instruments ever made. Among the most popular of Lowreys vintage organs are the MX-1, which features Orchestration Plus, a new technology at the time, and the Celebration Model C-500, which Lowrey has retired. (The K-101s never had them, and neither have the lowest serial numbered ones I've seen/heard of.) But your serial number is higher than AFOF's. My theory was that the large logos were added at a certain point in production. Just for the record,mine is a Gibson, not a KalamazooĪctually, I'd say the opposite: Yours doesn't make sense logo-wise, but very well might make sense serial number-wise. The original owner insisted that he bought it new in 1968 which makes sense logo wise but not serial number wise Mine is 5049, does not have the logo and never did (no holes) Now free to MITA members.Quote from: pianotuner steveo on February 08, 2012, 06:24:47 PM

Lowrey organ serial numbers