As you know,
The Bob Moog Foundation, is running a
raffle for a Moog Liberation. As part of the raffle they have been showcasing the Liberation through
videos and interviews (see
Herb Deutsch on the Liberation here). They just posted an interview with Rock Wehrmann, who worked on the Liberation and authored the user's manual. The following are a few excerpts.
Click here for the full interview.
"BMF: What years did you work for Moog Music, Inc. and what was your background that lead you to work for the company?
RW: From mid-1977 until about summer of ’83. I was a session keyboard/synthesizer player in the Cleveland area. The Norlin rep heard me demo a Polymoog and suggested they hire me as a clinician.
BMF: What was your position there?
RW: I started as a clinician, and eventually ended up managing the advertising and marketing departments.
BMF: What instruments were you involved in while at Moog Music, Inc., and in what capacity?
RW: I was involved in the design of the Source, the Rogue, the Prodigy, the Opus 3, the Taurus II, the Concertmate (for Radio Shack) and the Memorymoog. Oh, yeah – and Liberation!
BMF: What do you remember about the Liberation project?
RW: The instrument almost designed itself. If I remember correctly, the [Realistic] Concertmate [MG-1] came first. Liberation is basically the guts of the Radio Shack Concertmate in a performance body.
