My grandpa recently passed away and we're in the process of sorting through his things. My grandma and him were avid musicians, and loved playing the electric organ. Long story short, my grandma won a settlement from a motorcycle accident and came into a sum of money. From late 2008 until her death in 2011, they had bought and traded in 12 organs and had a 13th on order. My grandpa kept this one after she passed, and actually had it shipped from Arizona to Michigan when they sold their house down there. This Lowrey Legend A4000 organ was $37,088 new. Even with their trade in, they still had to pay $12,000 for this organ. I had absolutely no idea they were that much until my mom found the invoices for everything. Their cancelled order was on a A5000, and that was $55k! He also still had his A200 that he originally bought for the house in Michigan. He tried selling it for years and had no luck, but (understandably) wouldn't give it away. Now, essentially these organs are worthless. People have trouble giving them away. They've been nearly fully replaced with standard electronic keyboards. Facebook is loaded with free organs, or $250 immaculate examples. I cannot believe the loss of value these have. I'm half tempted to learn how to play it just because of the investment they made.   submitted by   /u/Five_Slow   to   r/mildlyinfuriating [link]   [comments]