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Robert Moog's First Prototype Synthesizer, 1964-1965
R. A. Moog Company1964/1965
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
This experimental instrument is a musical icon -- it's Robert Moog's first prototype synthesizer. Synthesizers allow musicians to create unique electronically-produced sounds. Moog's solid-state synthesizer was musically superior and much more portable than earlier vacuum tube-based systems. In 1968, Walter Carlos's album "Switched-On Bach" -- performed on a Moog -- caught the public's imagination. Synthesizers have been a mainstay of pop music since the late 1960s.
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- Title: Robert Moog's First Prototype Synthesizer, 1964-1965
- Creator: R. A. Moog Company
- Date Created: 1964/1965
- Location: United States
- Subject Keywords: Moog, Bob (Robert), Electronic music, Firsts, Electronic instruments, Keyboard instruments, Musical instruments, Prototypes (Object genre), Synthesizers
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Patent Date: 1964
- Object Name: Synthesizer
- Object ID: 82.68.1
- Manufacturer: R. A. Moog Company
- Inventor: Robert Moog
- Invention: Synthesizer
- Image ID: THF156695
- Field: Music
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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