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The Free Press - Trumansburg NY

September 18, 1969

For R.A. Moog, Inc.
STUDIO, RESEARCH LAB PLANNED

TRUMANSBURG - The Trumansburg Area Development Corp. has reached an agreement with R.A. Moog, Inc. to construct a studio and research facility in the village and will proceed as rapidly as possible with acquisition of land, site development and construction of the building.

This announcement followed weeks of cooperation by the T.A.D.C. and the Trumansburg Village board in an effort to select a site both appropriate and available. Members of both groups have contacted residents of the area adjacent to the site, explaining the proposed development, and report that reaction has been most favorable.

The site selected, comprising of approximately 12 acres of land located between Cayuga and Prospect Streets, consists of two separate parcels, one known as the Stone family property and the other belonging to the Magner family.
The development group will purchase the land, develop the site, construct and lease a single story, steel building of approximately 15,000 to 16,000 square feet. The move will add between $2O0,000 and $300,000 to the village tax base and will potentially provide employment to some 100 persons.

The development will be financed through three channels: (1) local commercial sources; (2) the Job Development Authority, a division of the Dept. of Commerce and (3) investment of local interested parties.
The next step will be to secure from the Village Board, a variance in the zoning ordinance which will convert the land involved from residential to industrial. Then contracts can be let, and ground will be broken, hopefully before winter.
The Trumansburg Area Development Corporation is a non-profit group of interested individuals chartered by the Stake of New York, April 27, 1965. Its avowed function is to pursue ways and means of securing new business and developing existing concerns for the betterment of the community.

Moog is today recognized as the pioneer in the electronic music world. His Moog Synthesizer is used by many of the worlds leading studios and its applications span the field from "rock" to Bach. The first album "Switched on Bach" has sold over 1/4 million copies in nine months. Since then other albums have included: "Moog" by Dick Hyman; "Music To Moog By" by Gershin Kingsley; "The Coperplated, Integrated Curcuit", by Walter Sear.
Mr. Moog has personally become popular thru his concerts and seminars concerning electronic music. Articles in "Time" magazine, "The Saturday Review", "Newsweek" and the "New York Times" along with appearances on the "Today" TV show, Mike Wallace and CBS News Special have helped create the imagge of Trumansburg as the electronic music center of the world.

The staff of R.A. Moog, Inc. include personnel who are skilled in a wide variety of design, fabrication, assembly and testing functions. Key personnel include: Dick Ritter, Prod. Manager; Eugene Zumchak, Sales Engineer and Donald Pakkala, purchasing agent; John Husar, general manager, Alan Padoor, Sales Manager; and Bill Hensoth, project engineer.

Mr. Moog and his wife Shirley settled in the area while he was working on his doctorate at Cornell. The studio on Main Street was opened in 1964 end now is bursting at the seams as 35 people go about their duties researching, designing and producing electronic music instruments.

Mr. and Mrs. Moog reside on Taughannock Park Road. The developments of the past few days make it seem more than hopeful that the pleasing "Sound of Moog" will ring out in our village for a long, long time.