Moog Linear Ribbon Controller
date: label: date made
content: 1968
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This synthesizer component was made by R.A. Moog Company in Trumansburg, New York in 1968. It is a linear ribbon controller model 955, serial no. 1010. Like the Moog keyboard, the ribbon controller also controls pitches for sounds from the synthesizer. This is a long-stretched ribbon, played like the finger on a violin string. By sliding the finger back and forth, the player can produce controlled vibrato effect and achieve subtle pitch variants.</p>
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content: <p>This linear ribbon controller is part of a set of Moog components:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>electronic keyboard, model 950 (cat. #1987.0123.04)<br>linear ribbon controller, model 955, serial no. 1010 (cat. #1987.0123.05)</p>
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content: <p>(components in the right side unit):</p>
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content: <p>fixed filter bank , model 907, serial no. 1008 (cat. #1987.0123.06)<br>voltage controlled amplifier, model 902, serial no. 1038 (cat. #1987.0123.19)<br>voltage controlled amplifier, model 902, serial no. 1115 (cat. #1987.0123.20)<br>envelope generator, model 911, serial no. 1037 (cat. #1987.0123.21)<br>envelope generator, model 911, serial no. 1036 (cat. #1987.0123.22)<br>white sound source, model 903, serial no. 1014 (cat. #1987.0123.07)<br>envelope follower, model 912, serial no. 1058 (cat. #1987.0123.08)<br>four channel mixer, model 984, serial no. 1006 (cat. #1987.0123.09)<br>electrical supply panel, model 910, serial no. 1016 (cat. #1987.0123.10)</p>
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content: <p>(components in the left side unit):</p>
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content: <p>voltage controlled high pass filter, model 904-B, serial no. 1017 (cat. #1987.0123.14)<br>coupler, model 904-C, serial no. 1013 (cat. #1987.0123.15)<br>voltage controlled low pass filter, model 904-A, serial no. 1019 (cat. #1987.0123.13)<br>reverberation unit, model 1009, serial no. 1009 (cat. #1987.0123.12)<br>voltage controlled oscillator, model 901, serial no. 1017 (cat. #1987.0123.16)<br>output stage, model 901-C, serial no. 1005 (cat. #1987.0123.17)<br>oscillator controller, model 901-A, serial no. 1017 (cat. #1987.0123.11)<br>oscillator, model 901-B, serial no. 1052 (cat. #1987.0123.25)<br>oscillator, model 901-B, serial no. 1053 (cat. #1987.0123.24)<br>oscillator, model 901-B, serial no. 1054 (cat. #1987.0123.23)<br>major control panel (cat. #1987.0123.18)</p>
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content: <p>This Moog was previously owned and used by German-American composer Gershon Kingsley, who made several commercial recordings on the instrument. He composed the 1969 hit “Popcorn” on this Moog. Kingsley also played this instrument in several concerts in the United States and Europe.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Trumansburg
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Electronic Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ronald L. Clairmont
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0123.05
label: accession number
content: 1987.0123
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0123.05
label: model number
content: 955
label: serial number
content: 1010
objectType: label: Object Name
content: synthesizer component
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content: wood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: formica (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 24 in x 6 in; 5.08 cm x 60.96 cm x 15.24 cm