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Subject: Re: [AN1x] an idea and a complaint.
From: "Andrew" <taoist.hermit1@...>
Date: 2008-01-22
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From: spaceanimals
> So why can't all synthesizers have this? [etc]
Exactly. Excellent point. This is precisely what Bob Moog found out. People
wanted something select and beautiful, not something high-tech and `modern.'
Hence the fine wood panelling on the smaller Moogs and the wood cabinets
with the modulars.
Artwork is a stage further, of course, but I can imagine it might appeal for
exactly the same reasons the non-techy cabinets worked on the early Moogs.