Synth Museum - Museum Studio ?

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Synth Museum - Museum Studio ?

Post by cloudhop » Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:23 pm

Anybody any information on Martin Newcomb's Museum studios?

Does it still exist ? theres no info anywhere apart from a S.O.S article

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Re: Synth Museum - Museum Studio ?

Post by MC » Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:40 pm

Closed and dismantled years ago, almost everything sold off. The attendance was too light to pay the bills.

He did have an impressive collection.
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Re: Synth Museum - Museum Studio ?

Post by cloudhop » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:08 pm

Yea..thanks. I visited it..superb..but I believe he re- located and opened a studio just after with some vintage Moogs in,
but unable to trace it.

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Re: Synth Museum - Museum Studio ?

Post by Kevin Lightner » Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:39 pm

I was invited to the opening, but never attended.
I restored several of the synths there.
A lot of Moog modulars, Minis, Emu modulars, etc.

Not enough interest to warrant keeping the place open though.
The value of the synths themselves was escalating faster than any income generated and the collection was sold off.

Peter Forrest publishes (published?) a book on the museum.
Lots of gorgeous color photos.
There's also some videos available of the opening ceremony feature Bob Moog, a tour and some demonstrations of the individual instruments.
You can sometimes find this book / video available on Ebay.
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Re: Synth Museum - Museum Studio ?

Post by moogyman » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:16 pm

Kevin Lightner wrote:I was invited to the opening, but never attended.
I restored several of the synths there.
A lot of Moog modulars, Minis, Emu modulars, etc.

Not enough interest to warrant keeping the place open though.
The value of the synths themselves was escalating faster than any income generated and the collection was sold off.

Peter Forrest publishes (published?) a book on the museum.
Lots of gorgeous color photos.
There's also some videos available of the opening ceremony feature Bob Moog, a tour and some demonstrations of the individual instruments.
You can sometimes find this book / video available on Ebay.
Guess no one really is interested in analogue synthesizers... Moog should go digital. :mrgreen:
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Re: Synth Museum - Museum Studio ?

Post by Mr Arkadin » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:49 pm

There may have been more interest if it had had a better location - the middle of nowhere which means car visitors only wasn't the best choice. I mean the guy's a City banker, he should have known what made good business sense. I wanted to go but don't own a car so public transport access was essential.
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Re: Synth Museum - Museum Studio ?

Post by cloudhop » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:00 pm

Synth Museum / SynthMuseum Studio....TWO different things.

yes the museum shut down, but Martin relocated (East Anglia?) and opened a conventional studio but with Moog Modulars in, that was ten years ago

its this I am trying to locate (Not the old museum)

is there any up to date info on Martin Newcomb?

as the studio is not listed anywhere I assume its a private venture

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Re: Synth Museum - Museum Studio ?

Post by og. » Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:08 am

I confirm that the museum is closed , and the gear has been sold ,
I was lucky to go to the museum many times and I've bought some synths from Martin

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