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Bob Moog Memorial Foundation for Electronic MusicMoog Music is a vibrant and growing company located in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North CarolinaThis website provides a glimpse into the history of MOOG, a leading Designer and Manufacturer of Electronic Music Instrumentation from 1953 to 1993 MOOG was shot on location in Asheville, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo and London, and features interviews and appearances by Stereolab, Keith Emerson, Walter Sear and others

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Audio Craft Magazine

June 1956
MUSIC FROM ELECTRONS By Robert Moog

Shortly after vacuum-tube radios were first put into production, experimenters began to look for other vacuum-tube circuits. One of any developments was a unique musical instrument, played by the free movement of the performer's hands in the space surrounding the instrument. This device, named the "Theremin" after its inventor, Leon Theramine, attracted widespread attention. Today Theremin music is still quite popular, despite the fact that no new instruments have been built commercially for about twenty-five years.

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