From Paul Schreiber Sent Sat, Dec 15th 2018, 21:30
It's about the history of Tandy R&D from 1975-1995 MG-1 is 1 of 33 chapters :) Paul S. -----Original Message----- From: Sam Mims [mailto:xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx]=20 Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 11:30 AM To: Paul Schreiber; 'Sevo Stille'; 'AH List' Subject: Re: [AH] Realistic/Moog MG-1 rarity Paul, Is your upcoming book just synth-related? Or is it a broader context? =20 Sounds interesting! Sam Mims Syntaur On 12/15/2018 11:26 AM, Paul Schreiber wrote: > 6,000 total, from the guy that wrote the POs to Moog. > > more detail will be in my book "Mostly True Tales", out next fall. > > I have a FB Group called that if you want to join. > > Paul S. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: analogue-return-237789-synth1=xxxxxxxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx = [mailto:analogue-return-237789-synth1=xxxxxxxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx] On = Behalf Of Sevo Stille > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 10:54 AM > To: AH List > Subject: Re: [AH] Realistic/Moog MG-1 rarity > > Am 15.12.2018 um 03:43 schrieb Synth Parts: >> - Paul says the top stores in about 100 markets sold the MG-1. His >> 1750 unit number would mean an average store only sold 3 to 4 MG-1s >> throughout the entire production run. >> > They must have sold a lot at least in Germany, in the mid eighties > everybody here seemed to own at least one, and they outnumbered all > other Moogs owned by the local bands. For most of the time I remember > the MG-1 they were discounted, and after the demise of the Wasp they > were the cheapest synth you could get short of DIY kits. It is quite > possible that they never sold more than 1750 at full list price - but > the total number should have been much higher, unless they sold them = in > Germany only... > > Sevo >