This is a field where you may have only very recent experience and are learning things from 1 or 2 sites on the web. They are full of good information, but only if you know how to interpret it - knowing bigger pictures from experience, etc. There was no shortage or lack of production on modules in this era - they had a whole department and six salesmen countrywide for modular systems!compago wrote:I appreciate everyone’s positive comments and helpful input.
That Moog catalog (from the Moog factory but used by a Toronto distributor? It’s unclear) is file-name-dated 1976 (if that’s accurate), so if Moog wasn’t making modulars in 1976 those prices were could have been marked up due to scarcity or just appreciation - or - maybe that was simply the actual US price in 1976.
Assuming no Moog modular synthesizers were made in 1966 is completely untrue - please be careful interpreting history, as this IS the web, and someone else may interpret your statements as true. With limited experience, this system may seem to somehow tie into the first Moog, etc etc but it really doesn't - there are things you may not see on the web or in catalogs that were quite commonplace, but seem rare or "first" if you are new to the subject.
Yes, it is a difficult history to follow, sometimes, as those days the company was more interested in working than documenting their actions. This instrument is - by far - not "full of firsts" and certainly not one of the most-famous Moogs as it was used very little in public and on record. The cabinetry is the main feature that is unusual, but bare plywood is not necessarily more desirable than the famous Tolex cabinets, as many people grew up looking at Klaus Schulze, Larry Fast, Tomita, or Greg Giuffria and feel that the Tolex look is more correct. It's great that the synthesizer is mostly intact; again, did he find the original ribbon controller it has in all the old photos?
