Synthesizer Inventor’s Corporate Crisis
“My father was eventually removed from the synthesizer design team and relegated to designing foot pedals for Maastro and amps for Gibson.”
“As he so succinctly put it, “They didn’t know how to use my talents anymore”.” (Electronic Sound magazine; http://www.electronicsound.co.uk/subscribe )
Michelle Moog-Kiselle recalls the trials and tribulations her synthesizer genius father Bob Moog endured after he was squeezed out of his own company RA Moog Co in the early 70s after a venture capitalist collaborator he teamed up with took control of the company.