Robert Moog is the inventor of the Moog synthesizer, an electronic keyboard which makes unworldly sounding electronic music. He invented it in 1965. Moog didn't invent, but he does manufacture the Theremin, the first electronic instrument. It was invented 70 years ago by a Russian, It has been used on many science-fiction films because of it's eerie, wavering tones. Moog wrote the forward for the new book Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage (Universitiy of Illinois Press) by Albert Glinsky . (ORIGINAL BROADCAST 2/28
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