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Chronology 1953-1993 Highlights |
| Year | Company | Owner | Location | Comments |
| 1953 | RAMCO | Moog | Flushing | Design first Moog Theremin. |
| 1954 | R.A.Moog Co. | Moog | Flushing | Produce Theremins and Theremin kits. Article: "The Theremin" in "Radio & Television News". |
| 1961 | R.A.Moog Co. | Moog | Ithaca | Produce Theremins and Theremin kits. Article: "A Transistorized Theremin" in January "Electronics World". |
| 1964 | Trumansburg | Move to Trumansburg. Collaborate with Deutsch on development of synthesizer. Produce first synthesizer. Article: "Voltage Controlled Electronic Music Modules" for AES. | ||
| 1965 | Produce synthesizer modules and customized modular systems. Composers gather for concert at the factory. | |||
| 1967 | Establish Modular System models 1, 2, 3. Begin quarterly publication of "Electronic Music Review". | |||
| 1968 | R.A.Moog Inc. | Moog | Trumansburg | Re-define Modular System models 1, 2, 3. Carlos' "Switched on Bach" released. |
| 1969 | Modular system sales peak. Begin development of performance synthesizer (Minimoog). Deutsch concert: "Jazz in the Garden". | |||
| 1970 | Produce Minimoog A,B,C prototypes. Release Minimoog model "D". VanKoevering establishes market. | |||
| 1971 | Moog Musonics | Waytena | Williamsville | Sale of company, move to Williamsville in November. Last Minimoog shipped from Trumansburg serial number 1210. |
| 1972 | Moog Music Inc. | Waytena | Williamsville | Release Sonic 6, Satellite, Modular system "12", "921" Oscillators. VanKoevering joins company as VP Marketing. |
| 1973 | Release Micromoog. | |||
| 1974 | Begin development of polyphonic synthesizer. | |||
| 1975 |
Moog Music Div of Norlin |
Norlin | Williamsville | Sale of company. Minimoog production stops at s/n 6920. Release Taurus and Polymoog. |
| 1976 | Cheektowaga | Move to Cheektowaga, Walden Ave. | ||
| 1977 | Bob Moog leaves the company. Re-start Minimoog production. | |||
| 1978 | Release Multimoog, Polymoog Keyboard, Vocoder. | |||
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1979- 1980 |
Release Liberation, Opus 3, Prodigy, Rogue, Taurus II. Produce Gibson, SG, Cordovox, Maestro lines. Design and produce Lab Series amplifiers. | |||
| 1981 | Begin Contract (non-music) Manufacturing. Last Minimoog produced January, s/n 13180. Release The Source and Memorymoog. | |||
| 1983 | Moog Electronics |
Luce & Chapman |
Cheektowaga | Sale of company to management. Emphasis on Contract Manufacturing. Attempt to enter into telecommunications market with a microprocessor-controlled "feature telephone", initially named "Telesys 3", later "The Operator". Design and manufacture "Song Producer". Maintain repair operations for Moog products. Produce the "SSK Concertmate" synthesizer for Tandy Corp. |
| 1987 |
Moog Music Div of EJE |
EJE | Cheektowaga | Sale of company. Move to French Road, Cheektowaga, NY. Primary focus contract manufacturing, no proprietary products. Continue service of Moog Music products. |
| 1991 |
Moog Music Mfg Div of ETG |
ETG | Jamestown | EJE owners form public company:ETG. Moog service work transferred to facility in Jamestown, NY. |
| 1993 | Sale of company. Moog Music ceases operation. Company assets warehoused, later sold at auction. | |||
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