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"Moog #35 analog synthesizer circa 1976. To my knowledge, there has never been another like this on Ebay. The #35 is probably more rare than the #55 as there are no pictures of it anywhere on the web. A #55 was currently for sale for $35,000. Lights alone are so cool that coming into a room and seeing it is enough to make your heart skip.
Auction includes a Moog 951 keyboard controller complete with original military surplus type connections as well as a #55 sales brochure. Behind the rear panel it reads Model 350-000 S#9042, Oct. 26 1976. Outer walnut casing is in great shape with only minor scratches and dings. It would probably look even better with a little oil or furniture polish but I haven’t done anything to the original finish. I have decided that the wood is poplar wood stained walnut. The inside is museum grade wiring; beautiful and untouched by human hands since factory, as far as I can tell. The synthesizer has a power cord but I don’t know if it’s original. One key is missing but easily fixed at a reputable keyboard shop. Keys are a little sticky as it needs to be played. No patch cables are included in this auction...
Here’s a list of the modules in this synthesizer—all signed by initial on little Moog yellow tags (will not part-out - so don’t ask):(1) power supply p-8546
(2) 921A
(4) 921B
(1) 923
(1) 921
(1) 907A
(1) 904A
(1) 904B
(3) 902
(3) 911
(1) cp4A
(1) cp8A
(1) cp35
(2) cp3A
It also has a oscillator control to filter mod. and 911-902 trigger and coupling module."
"Museum grade wiring". Would someone like to define that term for the rest of us? I've repaired hundreds of vintage hi-fi components and vintage guitar amps, and none of them had "museum-grade" anything inside.
ReplyDeleteThe nicest wiring harnesses I can recall seeing were inside early Hiwatt amps. They didn't look "museum grade", they looked like military radios. Boring and competent, in other words.
Electronics then were just like electronics now--made to last maybe 10-20 years, and no longer.