I recently bought a Moog Satellite that was described as complete except for the cabinet. Unfortunately, after it arrived today I discovered that it’s actually missing the entire circuit board. The keyboard, front panel and flippers, the small circuit board on the left with the sliders, the power supply and wiring harness are there, but no main circuit board. 
Any chance that someone out there has a parts Satellite with a circuit board that I could buy? Thanks.
Thats gonna be hard to find dude! Those are pretty rare..
I think that the Satellite is the same as the (also very rare) Minit Moog - No not MINI moog - MINIT Moog.. Which is like a little draw bar Moog…
I bet the board is the same.. I thought the Satellite was built into a Thomas Organ? Or is that the Constellation?
Yes, the Satellite was built into Thomas organs. Also, yes, circuit boards for these relatively weak-sounding Moogs are extremely rare. Only a handful of these were sold in the U.S. and most of those were in organs. In Europe, however, they were almost TOO common. The Constellation was actually a prototype synth made up of the MultiMoog, PolyMoog and Taurus pedals. Had these three synths been sold together as one, it would have cost over 15 thousand dollars.
Thanks for the clarification. So, then the MINITMOOG (or Minute Moog) is the Satellite by itself, not in the organ.
So, then the MINITMOOG (or Minute Moog) is the Satellite by itself, not in the organ.
Nope. 
The Satellite is a one oscillator instrument.
The Minitmoog is a two oscillator instrument with after touch.
Both are stand-alone instruments.
A properly working (rare) Minitmoog is actually a great lead instrument.
It doesn’t sound as weak as the Satellite.
Some Thomas Organ models of that period had a Satellite inside, but it wasn’t exactly the same as the keyboard model.
Not to quibble, but I’ve read that the Satellite actually has two oscillators. VCO1 is pulse and sawtooth, whereas VCO2 is sawtooth only.
Hmmm… interesting information.
You say that they’re “almost TOO common” in Europe. If I were able to source a complete parts Satellite from Europe (or even just the board), do you think that it would be any problem to get the board to work with the rest of it that I already have? I would presume that Thomas would’ve made it with selectable voltage (for their 230vAC mains), but I believe that European mains are 50hz, as opposed to our 60hz. A problem? -or not, since the AC would be rectified and stepped down before actually hitting the board?
Thanks for the advice.
Kevin should be able to give you a better answer than me, but my guess is that there are different resistors and capacitors in European instruments to make up for the higher voltage and lower frequency that the voltage travels through the circuit. Never having worked on European electronics, I can’t really say that the boards can be switched without modification or not.
Also, I can’t imagine too many Satellites surviving the '80’s when everyone was getting rid of their analog gear. Not to mention, most came with Thomas organs, and shipping a whole organ from Europe would likely cost a fortune. It would be really neat if you could save this piece of gear, but it boils down to how much time and money are you willing to spend to get a mediocre synth back up and running. Good Luck! My guess is you’ll need all the luck you can get!
Yeah – I used to live in Holland, and some of the electrical gear I brought with me didn’t work properly, even with a 230:115v transformer, and some of the gear I brought back to the States with me didn’t either. OTOH, some did.
Heh heh – that wasn’t quite what I had in mind. I thought that you were saying that Satellites were very common in Europe; not the Thomas organs that contained them.
Oh, I have no problem with putting a disproportionate amount of time and effort into reviving weird old instruments. I should mention that I have a Hammond Solovox, a Schulmerich Chime-ATron, a Dubreq Piano-Mate and a slew of other weird old keyboards. An orphan Moog ain’t gonna make much difference. And did I mention that I paid $63 for it? I could justify another hundred or two before I start to question the project.
Not to quibble, but I’ve read that the Satellite actually has two oscillators. VCO1 is pulse and sawtooth, whereas VCO2 is sawtooth only.
That’s ok.
I’ve read where Arp Omnis are described as having VCOs, where Moog sued Arp, that DCOs are analog, Arp 2500s used push pins, Odys have Moog filters, on and on.
The Minitmoog front panel has an additional 3 knobs labeled “B” Pitch, A/B Mix and Touch Sense.
Early ones only have two of these controls.
The Satellite doesn’t feature any of these controls and so the panel is blank in this same spot.
http://www.vintagesynth.com/moog/satellite.shtml
http://www.vintagesynth.com/moog/minitmoog.shtml
I saw this on Ebay. Not sure if the OP already has what he needs or if this will even work:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Moog-Satellite-Mono-Synthesizer-circuit-board-c-1975_W0QQitemZ330297431876
God, that looks primitive. I’ve made similar looking boards, though not with so many parts. 