Minimoog Serial # 4322

This is the back panel of my Minimoog showing the serial number stamp. It's number is 4322 which places about the middle of all the Minimoogs produced. It hasn't really been in functioning order since the late 80's. It was in my Dad's shed when the roof leaked and unfortunately the keyboard was filled with water. I pulled the keyboard into about a million pieces as it became a little more than a ball of rust. Luckily the electronics survived and is completely intact and relatively original. About a year ago I gave up on rebuilding the Kimber-Allen keyboard that came with it. I had sandblasted and powdercoated the original metal frame but the small springs that form the contact had all fallen to pieces and I considered making a different contact system. I found an old Italian organ at a pawnbrokers quite cheap and that has formed the basis of the keyboard rejuivination. It is of a similar vintage so it dosen't look new and wrong in the cabinet and we are slowly heading towards it being integrated back into the rest of the system.