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1975 Moog Music (designed by David Luce)

Moog Taurus I (1975)

An analog synthesizer with no keyboard at all — pitch is chosen with the feet on a spinet-organ-style pedal board while the hands play other instruments

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Moog Taurus I (1975) archival photograph

Overview

Deep dive

Media

Moog Taurus I synthesizer beside a Taurus III, showing the foot pedal board
A Moog Taurus I (left) beside a later Taurus III, showing the spinet-organ-style foot pedal board — pitch is chosen by the feet while the hands play other instruments. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia — Moog Taurus
  2. Wikipedia — Moog Polymoog
  3. Vintage Synth Explorer — Moog Taurus I
  4. Synthmuseum — Moog Taurus