Who saw Bob?

[Andrew Parker]

Hi, was this on the History channel in the UK? If so when was it on ? they
may repeat it i suppose.
Ill try and video it to capture it to PC so ppl can download if they wish.

Thanks

Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "tomg" <efm3 at mediaone.net>
To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Cc: <efm at xavax.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 3:36 PM
Subject: Who saw Bob?


> I'm sorry but I have been building new goodies so I've been in
> creative mode and unresponsive to the real world. I'm not really
> back yet but I  caught this and wanted to share. Maybe you can
> call the History channel and find out when they are going to be
> running this again. It was a terrific 5 mins with film and sound
> most of the time....The only problem was the curious omission of
> all things Theremin??
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> I was watching the History channel....well actually Kim was watching
> the history channel and I was building synth circuits with the TV on and
> she said "Hey they are going to do the first Moog" and sure as hell I
pressed
> record just in time to catch "History's lost and found"
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> Described as a "Unholy union of a computer and a piano" showing a pic of
> the first Moog built in 1964 for Herbert A. Deutch. Bob and Herb standing
> there smiling...;-)
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> Showing the evolution from white noise to the telharmonium (sp?) basically
> a mechanical band playing on the telephone kinda like cable tv. Then the
> punch card RCA synth. In 1963 Moog met Deutch and with a $200 grant
> they built the first Moog in two weeks. The keyboard was Deutch's idea.
> In 1964 they took it to a audio show and set up a proto-type with paper
> labels (this puppy looks raw!) and a few people came by to look and
shortly
> Bob says somebody said those magic words "I'll take one of those."( This
is a
> recent interview)
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> Then we tour the plant and watch Windy play a wall of Moog. (Mr. Deutch
> and Mr. Moog are commenting on all this stuff....it's great!) Then they
> talk about how Herbert donated the fist Moog to his university and how
> none of the students would play it because they knew what it was and
> were too in awe to touch it ,so it collected dust.
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> Until Deutch tried to auction it ...no takers...give it to the
Smithsonian...no
> takers....and finally the Henry Ford Museum in 1983 where it now
> resides. There is actually footage of Herbert  Deutch playing the first
> Moog and it ( are you ready for this?) sounds just like a Moog!!!! LOL
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> Tom
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