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Moog Inc. (/ m oʊ ɡ / MOHG) is an American-based designer and manufacturer of electric, electro-hydraulic and hydraulic motion, controls and systems for applications in aerospace, defense, industrial and medical devices. The company operates under four segments: aircraft controls, space and defense controls, industrial controls, and components.
William Moog (August 15, 1915–1997) is known for inventing the electrohydraulic servo valve in 1951. [1] He founded Moog Inc., which makes actuators for aircraft. He was born in New Jersey. His cousin was Robert Moog, one of the leading pioneers of the modern synthesizer. Moog was married and had three daughters.
Robert Moog with a variety of his own synthesizers Herbert Deutsch, collaborator and friend of Robert Moog. Robert Moog founded R. A. Moog Co. with his father in 1953 at the age of 19, building and selling theremin kits and theremins by mail order first from his parents' home in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens in New York City and, after he married, in his own home in Ithaca, before ...
Moog developed the synthesizer in response to demand for more practical and affordable electronic music equipment, guided by suggestions and requests from composers including Herb Deutsch, Richard Teitelbaum, Vladimir Ussachevsky and Wendy Carlos. Moog's principal innovation was voltage control, which uses voltage to control pitch. He also ...
Thomas also took over manufacturing rights of the Moog synthesizer and enjoyed heavy celebrity endorsement from the likes of Lawrence Welk, whose organist Bob Ralston both played a Thomas on The Lawrence Welk Show and on tour at organ and piano shops to demonstrate the greatly improved tonal quality of the new models, and Lucille Ball, who ...
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A blowout preventer (BOP) (pronounced B-O-P) [1] is a specialized valve or similar mechanical device, used to seal, control and monitor oil and gas wells to prevent blowouts, the uncontrolled release of crude oil or natural gas from a well. They are usually installed in stacks of other valves.
Tim Blake – Crystal Machine-Gong & Hawkwind – Moog modular 55, minimoog; Paul Bley – First live performance of a Moog, at Lincoln Center in 1969; Blondie; David Borden – Mother Mallard; David Bowie; The Boxing Lesson – use Moog extensively, often in place of a bass guitar; Black Label Society – Moog used by Zakk Wylde extensively on ...