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I would like to explain why Kawai decided to fold Lowrey Organs. It’s a hard read, and not something you may want to hearīut these are the facts !!!! Categories Articles Now that Lowrey has finally closed it’s doors and has no income and no spare parts, what are you as an individual going to do about it ? Having said that, who is going to enforce it ?. This is truly the bottom line, Lowrey Organs will not be saved, no one is going to buy or take over production, you will not be able to buy a NEW Lowrey once the initial stocks are depleted, but some spares will be available for a few years to come, they are legally only required to maintain parts to cover the warranty period which is 2 years after the end of production. For the rest of us, I don’t think this is a major turnaround to increase or continue the manufacture of Lowrey Organs as we know it, and is clearly Allens way of responding and softening the initial blow, and probable bombardment of questions from their existing customer list. This is still a little vague, and i am sure those who are optimistic will be pleased with this announcement. As far as this reads, Lowrey will continue well into 2019, and they also talk about the New Generation. Within the pages of the latest edition of Organ and Keyboard Cavalcade magazine, was an advert/announcement from Allens Music Centre. The feeling i got was that it is true and that Allen’s are trying to keep it under their hat for as long as possible to reduce any possible damage to any upcoming sales, which to be fair is acceptable under the circumstances. Having pressed him further, it was apparent that Allen’s staff for reasons known to them are not exactly coming forward with a statement at this time, and would neither deny or confirm that what is stated within this letter to be true.
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I spoke very briefly with someone from Allens ( I will not disclose with whom I spoke) but he stated that as far as he was concerned they have supplies and can supply selected models well into next year. I don’t think Lowrey’s will disappear overnight, never the less, it’s a concern to most of us and not something we should take lightly.ĮDIT: Having now returned from the Lowrey/Allens Extravaganza 2018, I cannot confirm anything !!! If you were thinking of upgrading your particular model, then now might just be a good time to do so.
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I don’t think it will be overnight, but I would think that the dealers, especially Allens as the only appointed dealer here in the UK, will want, or have to drop their current prices of used models as there will not be an upgrade or part exchange path to a new model any more.
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So where does that leave us ? – well for me I will be sticking with my Stardust for now, but that may change if the current high market value of used Lowrey’s crashes here in the UK. And eventually both stock and spare parts will be depleted and no longer available for anything, let alone any servicing that may be required. One of the key words from the letter was “SELECTED”, which infers that production will not continue across the entire current range of models. I would personally think that the current stock and manufacture would need to be increased due to panic buying demand – In other words, you’ll need to get in quick while you can if your thinking of getting one of the newest models ! KAWAI have stated that they expect the planned and continued production from October 2018 though January 2019 will provide enough inventory to supply selected Lowrey models through April of 2019 – but this is based entirely on past sales history, which i don’t think will be accurate or more than enough to supply the demand. I guess I / We will find out very soon, if not, then at the next Allens Music Extravaganza that I am attending here in the UK next weekend, I’m sure there will be many discussions and speculation. Obviously this is a letter sent out to the dealers in USA, how it will effect those of us living in the UK is still yet to be discovered.īut with the production ceasing, I would think a similar situation will be applied to the UK and European Markets. KAWAI stated this in a recent letter to all their Lowrey Dealers in the United States of America, dated the 5th October 2018 – (click on image to enlarge) Earlier today, I learnt that the supply and manufacture of Lowrey organs will cease production in January 2019.Ī Letter sent out to main dealers confirms this to be true and can be viewed below