Historic Moog materials donated to the Bob Moog Foundation

inMusic donates 4,489 Moog archival items to the Bob Moog Foundation, including office files from Bob Moog, roughly 500 schematics and 700 letters, alongside a range of vintage and prototype instruments.

Donated vintage synthesizers and prototype models include a Fairlight CMI, a Synton System 3000 modular synthesizer, a bench-model Minimoog Voyager prototype, Moogerfooger prototypes, a MuRF test fixture, and a Moog Phone Controller model PC-30. The donation also contains 16 multi-drawer cabinets filled with capacitors, integrated circuits, and other electronic components, as well as hundreds of back issues of industry magazines and dozens of rare product catalogues.

The Bob Moog Foundation will preserve the materials for education and research, and evaluating, documenting, and archiving the donation took well over a year to complete.

Joe Richardson, described as President of Moog Music and Executive Vice President of inMusic, provided statements about stewardship and accessibility, and Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation, commented on the legacy and archival work; the article notes credit to inMusic / The Bob Moog Foundation.

• Total Items Donated: The donation comprises a total of 4,489 items.
• Schematics and Letters: Included in the donation are 500 schematics and 700 letters.
• Vintage Synthesizers and Prototype Models: The donation features several vintage synthesizers and prototypes, including:
  • Fairlight CMI
  • Synton System 3000 modular synthesizer
  • Bench-model Minimoog Voyager prototype
  • Moogerfooger prototypes
  • MuRF test fixture
  • Moog Phone Controller model PC-30
• Electronic Components: There are 16 multi-drawer cabinets filled with capacitors, integrated circuits, and other electronic components.
• Archival Materials: Additionally, hundreds of back issues of industry magazines and dozens of rare product catalogues are included in the donation.

Joe Richardson provided remarks that emphasized the Bob Moog Foundation’s role in stewardship and the accessibility of the donated materials. He said, “The Bob Moog Foundation serves as an essential steward of one of the most important legacies in electronic music. We are proud to contribute these materials so they can be preserved and made accessible to researchers, educators, musicians, and fans.” Richardson’s statement highlights the preservation and access objectives associated with the donation and expresses inMusic’s pride in contributing the materials to the Foundation.

Richardson also addressed the relationship between Moog Music’s work and the Foundation’s educational mission. He said, “As Moog Music continues to bring creative tools to artists around the world, the Foundation’s educational mission helps ensure that the ideas, curiosity, and ingenuity that defined Bob Moog continue to inspire others.” His remarks connect the donation to the Foundation’s educational aims and to sustaining Bob Moog’s influence through education and inspiration.

Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation, commented on the donation’s effect on the Foundation’s archives and legacy work. She said, “The Bob Moog Foundation is deeply grateful to inMusic for this incredible, generous donation of historical archival material. Every donated piece helps us tell the story of Bob’s complex, indelible legacy. This donation helps solidify the Bob Moog Foundation Archives as a world-class repository for Moog and electronic music history.”

Moog-Koussa’s remarks emphasize gratitude for the scale and historical value of the materials and the role those materials play in enabling the Foundation’s archival work. She framed the donation as enhancing the Foundation’s capacity to document and present Bob Moog’s contributions through the Archives. Her statement presented the donation as a contribution to telling Bob Moog’s story and strengthening the Archives’ position in electronic music history. The article attributes these remarks to Michelle Moog-Koussa in her capacity as Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation.

Evaluating, documenting, and archiving the donation took well over a year to complete. The article notes credit to inMusic / The Bob Moog Foundation. The donated materials include office files from Bob Moog, approximately 500 schematics, 700 letters, vintage and prototype instruments such as a Fairlight CMI, a Synton System 3000, a Minimoog Voyager prototype, Moogerfooger prototypes, a MuRF test fixture, and a Moog Phone Controller PC-30, as well as 16 multi-drawer cabinets of capacitors and integrated circuits and hundreds of back issues of industry magazines and dozens of rare product catalogues.

The Bob Moog Foundation will preserve the materials for education and research. Michelle Moog-Koussa is identified in the article as Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation and commented on the donation’s effect on the Foundation’s archives and legacy work. Joe Richardson is described as President of Moog Music and Executive Vice President of inMusic and provided remarks about stewardship, preservation, and accessibility in relation to the donation.

Photo credit: inMusic / The Bob Moog Foundation. Image accompanies reporting on the donation and archival transfer.

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