Words by Tanya Bonnie Rae

American engineer and electronic music pioneer Robert Moog was best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer and as the founder of music instrumental-manufacturing company Moog.

Moog has recently announced the reissuing of one of the companies’ earliest synths, the Synthesizer IIIC, in a limited run of 25 units. The 1960’s saw the release of the very first Moog synths – named the Synthesizer I, II, III and IIIC (the “C” referring to the walnut “console” cabinet).

Each individual Synthesizer IIIC is hand made, and comes complete with 36 hand-stuffed, hand-soldered modules, including 10 901-Series audio oscillators, the 984 Matrix Mixer, and the 905 Spring Reverb. These modules are then arranged into two hand-finished, solid walnut console cabinets at the Moog Factory located in Asheville, North Carolina.

Watch the introduction of Moog’s Synthesizer IIIC, below: