Extensive Collection of Prototypes, Publications, Schematics, and More Donated to the Archives - The Bob Moog Foundation

Extensive Collection of Prototypes, Publications, Schematics, and More Donated to the Archives

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Extensive Collection of Prototypes, Publications, Schematics, and More Donated to the Archives

The Bob Moog Foundation Archives added an extraordinary donation from inMusic Brands. It encompasses an extraordinary 4,489 items from Bob Moog’s personal office effects, including well over 500 schematics and 700 letters. In addition, vintage synthesizers and prototype models were donated, including a Fairlight CMI, a Synton System 3000 modular synth, a bench-model Minimoog Voyager prototype, and much more.

This extensive collection also comprises hundreds of back issues of industry magazines and dozens of rare product catalogs for almost every imaginable peer company in the electronic music instrument industry from the past several decades. Poignant letters of correspondence between Bob Moog and dozens of industry luminaries, including Wendy Carlos, Herb Deutsch, Felix Visser, and Lydia Kavina, were all waiting to be rediscovered. Bob Moog’s original writings can be found in first drafts of book forewords and technical articles for several publications. His invaluable artwork and handwritten engineering notes can be found in a collection of schematic notebooks.

“The Bob Moog Foundation serves as an essential steward of one of the most important legacies in electronic music. We are proud to contribute these materials so they can be preserved and made accessible to researchers, educators, musicians, and fans. As Moog Music continues to bring creative tools to artists around the world, the Foundation’s educational mission helps ensure that the ideas, curiosity, and ingenuity that defined Bob Moog continue to inspire others.” — Joe Richardson, President of Moog Music and Executive Vice President of inMusic.

Among the extensive collection of test models are Moogerfooger prototypes, a Multiple Resonant Filter (MuRF) test fixture, and a Moog Phone Controller model PC-30. Also included are 16 multi-drawer cabinets filled with countless capacitors, integrated circuits, and other electronic components used in the creation and repair of Moog synthesizers.

The Bob Moog Foundation has made great efforts to evaluate, document, and archive this immense donation, a project that has taken almost two years and has relied on the generous donation of time from many volunteers.

This donation from inMusic Brands continues a supportive relationship among inMusic, Moog Music, and the Bob Moog Foundation. While Moog Music carries forward Bob’s technical legacy of producing innovative electronic musical instruments, the Bob Moog Foundation, a separate, independent non-profit organization, inspires the next generation of innovative thinkers through the intersection of science, music, technology, and innovation. Past inMusic donations to the Bob Moog Foundation Archives include Bob Moog’s 2002 Technical Grammy and the original woodworking lathe used by Bob Moog and his father, George Moog, to craft handmade cabinetry for very early Moog instruments.

“The Bob Moog Foundation is deeply grateful to inMusic for this incredible, generous donation of historical archival material. Every donated piece helps us tell the story of Bob’s complex, indelible legacy. This donation helps solidify the Bob Moog Foundation Archives as a world-class repository for Moog and electronic music history.”

— Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation

This windfall of historical items adds to the preservation of Bob Moog’s legacy in the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, including Bob’s very first electronic instrument, The Rensitron, an original R.A. Moog Model 201 and Model 351 theremin, two Moog modular synthesizers from 1967, Herb Deutsch’s Melodia theremin from 1961 and his R.A. Moog Co. Minimoog from 1971 (serial #1094), a Musonics Minimoog, Gary Wright’s Moog Liberation keytar, the Moog Apollo Polymoog prototype, the first Minimoog Voyager ever sold, and much more.

If you wish to donate items of historical interest appropriate for the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, please reach out to us at info@moogfoundation.org.

Your support of the Bob Moog Foundation Archives is vital for preserving one-of-a-kind items like this, carrying forward Bob Moog’s legacy while welcoming a comprehensive look back.

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