Trumansburg, New York, founded in the early 1950s by Robert Moog · 1950s to 1987, and 2002 to present

Vintage Moog synthesizers

Robert Moog started out in the 1950s selling theremins and theremin kits, and in 1964 he showed the modular synthesizer that made his name. The Minimoog followed in 1970 and put that sound into a keyboard a band could take on tour. The business changed hands quickly after that. Rival firm muSonics bought R.A. Moog in November 1971 and moved it to Williamsville, near Buffalo. It became Moog Music, and Norlin Industries bought it in 1973. Bob Moog left in 1977, so the Prodigy, Rogue, Source and Memorymoog all came after he'd gone. Moog Music went bankrupt in 1987. Bob won the name back in 2002, renamed his North Carolina company, Big Briar, as Moog Music, and released the Minimoog Voyager that year. He died in 2005, and inMusic bought the company in 2023. For a vintage buyer, the Minimoog and the Taurus I are the collector pieces, and the Prodigy and Rogue are the easy way into the sound.