MOOG Cordovox White Elephant

Click here for shots via this auction

Some details:
"Moog Cordovox White Elephant Electric Organ, model CDX-0652. I believe that these were made from 1975-79.

from Synthmuseum.com:

The Moog Satellite was designed to be an organ player's synth. It was manufactured by the Thomas Organ Company, who paid a large royalty to be allowed to manufacture the Satellite for Moog. In return they were allowed to incorporate the Satellite into their organs. Thomas Organ Company also, along with Cordovox, designed the Moog CDX.

The Moog CDX is basically a Cordovox organ with a built in Satellite monosynth. It is the only organ product that bears the Moog name prominently across the front. Somewhat rare in the US, they seem to be in plentiful supply in parts of europe.

from combo-organ.com: CDX-0652

A dual-manual combo organ with a Moog Satellite grafted onto it. I understand that the Satellite had a very thin sound, nothing like the MiniMoog. It had only a single oscillator and several preset sounds, similar to other semi-preset synths like the Arp Pro Soloist and the Roland SH-2000.

Thomas bought the rights to the Satellite from Moog. The CDX-0652 was designed by Thomas in cooperation with Cordovox. A Thomas version of the Satellite (the "Synthi 1055) and the CDX-0652 were both manufactured by EME, the same outfit that made most Italian Vox organs. Thomas also marketed the Satellite under the "Orbit" name on some of their home organs.

The synthesizer voices play only on the upper manual, organ voices play on both. Organ and synth voices may be played simultaneously on the upper manual. It includes a batch of 9 preset synthesizer voices that don't appear on a Satellite. Unlike the 0642, this one seems to have all of the organ features (many of which seem identical to the 0642) available on both keyboards.

Controls:

Top Panel:

* Tab: Moog On/Off
* Buttons: Piano, Sax, Guitar, Flute, Banjo, Clarinet, String, Trumpet, Horn, Preset
* *Tabs 1: Octaves: 1 & 2 Modulation: Rep, Sine/Square, Vib, Trem
* *Tabs 2: Glide, Sust
* *Tabs 3: Brass: Mute, Open Reed: Thin, Hollow, Full, Bright
* *Tabs 4: String: Bow, Pluck Strike, Pick Bell, Lunar

Left of Upper Keyboard:

* Knob: Tuning
* Black Sliders: Flute Voices: 16', 8', 5-1'3, 4', 2-2'3, 2' Mixture, Volume Lower, Volume Upper
* *White Sliders: Filter: Contour, Color, Emphasis Modulation: Rate, Depth Glide, Volume

Left of Lower Keyboard:

* Buttons: Coupler, Sustain, Bass
* Sliders: Bass Min/Max, Guitar Bass, Vibrato Depth

Right of Lower Keyboard:

* Buttons: Percuss, Repeat, Mono
* Sliders: 8', 4', 2-2/3', 2', Decay Short/Long, Repeat Rate Slow/Fast"

via Johan

1997 Used Gear Pricelist

Take a trip down memory lane via Jared:

Some snips from the list:
Moog /Realistic MG-1 kbd $140 (6/28/95)
Moog 950 Modular $995 (10/4/95)
Moog CDX synth $250 (4/10/95)
Moog Liberation $350 (10/13/95)
Moog MG-1 $225 (1/25/97)
Moog Memorymoog Plus $1100 (2/20/96)
Moog Memorymoog kbd $1400 (1/19/97)
Moog Micromoog $8365 (1/19/97)
Moog Minimoog $950 (2/9/97)
Moog Minimoog w/MIDI $1000 (1/24/95)
Moog Opus 3 kbd $320 (1/27/97)
Moog Polymoog $850 (2/11/97)
Moog Prodigy $300 (1/18/96)
Moog Rogue $290 (1/22/97)
Moog Satellite $175 (1/18/97)
Moog Sonic Six $450 (1/29/97)
Moog Source $475 (2/3/97)
Moog Source w/MIDI $700 (4/11/95)
Moog Taurus 1 pedals $600 (5/26/94)
Moog Taurus II pedals $600 (6/23/95)

click here for the full list.

1974 Moog White Elephant CDX-0652 Vintage Cordovox Combo Organ & Synthesizer

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

"Up for sale, a 1974 Moog/Cordovox "White Elephant" CDX-0652 vintage dual manual synth/combo organ, fully serviced and optimally functional. A truly one-of-a-kind circuit, the White Elephant is not only a very rare, sonically complex behemoth, it's also a circuit that very few techs will tackle. Thankfully we've wrangled the beast, and to the tune of $1500+ worth of thorough servicing, this Elephant delivers the goods.

A joint venture between Moog and Corodovox, the Moog Satellite synthesizer was licensed by Thomas Organ for a particularly hefty price tag, and Thomas designed a circuit that integrated Moog's synth technology with traditional combo organ features, offered via the Cordovox brand as the CDX-0652. The keyboard was produced in Italy by EME, the same factory responsible for most of Vox's Italian combo organs including the Jaguar and Continental.

The synthesizer voices play only on the upper manual, while the organ voices play on both, with organ and synth sections simultaneously available on the upper manual. The CDX-0652 also includes a batch of 9 preset synthesizer voices which don't appear on a Moog Satellite. The sonic options available are vast, with banks of switches, buttons, and sliders to shape both the combo organ and Moog circuitry. The Moog bass signal can also be accessed on the lower manual and blended with the organ, and the combo organ even has a full percussion bank.

CLICK FOR MORE »

JHS Pedals Spring Tank, Kodiak and Fuzz Series 3 deeper review (Korg Drumlogue, Moog CDX, JX-3P, ...

video upload by Knobs & Switches

"Here is my deeper Review about the JHS Pedals: Spring Tank Reverb, Kodiak Tremolo and the Series 3 Fuzz with the help of my Korg Drumlogue, Moog CDX (White Elephant), Roland JX-3P, Yamaha GS-2, B.Box Modulation Delay and Auto Wah, Malekko Scrutator, Boss DD-5, OBNE Rever, Maestro Ranger and TC.Electronics SCF.

Original title track "cat" by dkdent from the album "360 MB Grand Cru":
https://music.apple.com/de/album/368m...
https://amazon.de/music/player/albums...


https://www.jhspedals.info

00:00:00​ Intro
00:00:34​ Title Track
00:01:24 Epilogue
00:03:19 Sound Demos with Moog CDX & Korg Drumlogue
00:05:04 Spring Tank Reverb
00:10:06 Kodiak Tremolo
00:17:50 Series 3 Fuzz
00:24:35 Conclusion
00:26:33 Outro Track "Cat"

Used Equipment: Apple iPhone 11 & 14 Pro Max, Sony ZV-1, Sony ECM-W2BT, Universal Audio Apollo Twin Solo, Steinberg Cubase 12 and Final Cut Pro X"

Moog CDX, White Elephant

via this auction
Googlish:
"Absolutely rare Moog synthesizer with built organ for sale. The cult instrument comes from the 70's and bears the name CDX or 'White Elephant'."

Additional translation via Florian who sent this in:
"Found in the rehearsal room. For sale is an absolutely rare Moog organ with builtin synthesizer. The instrument is from the seventies and is named Cdx or 'White Elephant'. Unfortunately I[*] did not find the stand for it. The organ works basically[**], but I could not test all functions, because I have not deep enough knowledge. May it is necessary to fix something. This thing is definitely an eye-catcher, because it looks that futuristic. The organ sounds like The Doors."

VEMIA November 2000 catalogue - vintage synths & prices

via this auction

"From ten years ago, a paper catalogue from the VEMIA auction. 24 pages, tiny print, and not well printed - but just about readable everywhere. A couple of illustrations (not high quality!!) - of a massive Roland System 700 and the even bigger Yamaha EX42.

Fun to look at the prices - many of them not the final bids, but all already over their reserves (there are no hidden reserves in this auction) .

That means that in November 2000, you could have had a chance of winning the following (with prices in pounds sterling):

Two Siemens V72s, 440GBP; Vortexion tube amp 23GBP; Roland CR-78 230GBP; Roland TR-808 500GBP; Crumar Jazzman 95GBP; Hohner Clavinet 1 140GBP; Clavinet/Pianet Duo 260GBP; Wurlitzer EP-200 450GBP; Ashly SC-68 140; AKG BX20E 100GBP; Six Audio & Design SCAMP modules 130GBP; BBC EQs in a rack 50GBP; Binson Echorec Baby 280GBP; Binson Tube Reverb 350GBP; Carlsbro Flanger 85GBP; Dynacord CLS222 145GBP; Dynacord TAM19; Echolette SEV66 Vocoder; Echoplex tube model 240GBP; EH Small Stone original 55GBP; EH Talking Pedal 260GBP; Four EMT 256 II compressors and two de-essers 755GBP; Moog 12-Stage Phaser 580GBP; Roland Funny Cat 160GBP; Roland RE-201 190GBP; Roland SRE-555 240GBP; Ursa Major Space Station 450GBP; Reslosound Ribbon 75GBP; two Sennheiser MD421s 250GBP; two Tannoy mics from the House of Commons 45GBP; Two EMS Presto patches 60GBP; Korg MS-03 110GBP; Korg MS-04 110GBP; Optigan Stereophonic Deluxe 220GBP; RSF Kobol Programmer 450GBP; BBC Outside Broadcast four-channel passive mixers 90GBP; Roland VCA800 / CPE800 units 115GBP; Telefunken 12/2 mixer 200GBP; ARP 2600 Blue Meanie (aka Blue Marvin) 1450GBP; EMS Synthi AKS with all EMS mods 1770GBP; EMS Synthi-E 600GBP; EMS VCS3 1900GBP; Korg MS-50 680GBP; Roland System 100M five-module system 880GBP; Roland System 700 complete 9950GBP; ARP Odyssey white-face 480GBP; ARP Pro Soloist 150GBP; EDP Wasp 280GBP; Hohner Bass 28GBP; Korg M500SP 75GBP; Korg Sigma 180GBP; Moog Minimoog 900GBP; Moog Prodigy 270GBP; Oberheim OB-1 460GBP; Octave Cat 330GBP; OSC OSCar 840GBP; Roland MC-202 200GBP; Roland SH-101 190GBP; Roland System 100 101 330GBP; Farfisa Compact Duo 500GBP; Hammond F-100 Extravoice 150GBP; Moog CDX 430GBP; Yamaha EX42 GX-1 look-alike 1250GBP; Vox Continental 300 240GBP; Yamaha YC-45D 280GBP; Elka Rhapsody 610 85GBP; Gleeman Pentaphonic 1270GBP; Moog Memorymoog Plus 1450GBP; PPG Wave 2.3 800GBP; Roland Jupiter 6 580GBP; Roland Jupiter 8 (JP8) 680GBP; Roland VP-330 400GBP; SCI Prophet 5 rev 3.2 760GBP; SCI Prophet 5 with Kenton MIDI 900GBP; Korg SQ-10 250GBP; Roland CSQ-100 34GBP; Roland MC-4 250GBP; a hundred CEM 3396 chips 100GBP; Leslie 147 360GBP; Ampex 351 980GBP; Studer C-37 300GBP."

Moog CDX

YouTube via bobbybot2000 | September 03, 2010
Moog CDX on Ebay

MOOG CDX-O-652 VINTAGE SYNTHESIZER KEYBOARD ORIGINAL WHITE ELEPHANT !

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

"This is in excellent condition, tested and working properly. Please note, there is a separation in the housing on the front right corner."

You can find details on the Moog CDX in this post.

CLICK FOR MORE »

Moog CDX Demonstration

YouTube via AtomicMusicStore | August 03, 2010

"This is a demonstration of the sounds of a vintage Moog CDX 'White Elephant.'"

1974 Cordovox/Moog CDX-0652 Demo Videos

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
Published on Sep 2, 2014 65Mosrite65

via this auction - pics and description below.



Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo (Space Echo) vintage tape delay - functionality test from 65Mosrite

via this auction

"The comprehensive restoration included: tuning the Moog and organ section, adjusting all Moog & organ trimpots to proper specs, replacing electrolytic capacitors with various high-quality, long-life 105^C rated caps from Nichicon, Mallory, etc, regluing faceplate and vinyl, lubricating the volume pedal and replacing the aging potentiometer, cleaning all key contacts on both tiers and the bass pedals, re-gluing&painting broken white plastic slider caps (ALL old CDX-0652's have or will soon have white plastic slider caps/knobs on the Moog section that split down the middle from old age/plastic shrinkage), duplicating 1 missing white slider cap (I hand carved it out of solid maple, sanded it and painted in several stages to get the same color, shape, & finish as the rest), cleaning & lubricating all sliders for near-zero noise and good tactile feel, re-soldering critical connections throughout, etc.

You will be happy to know that I've left all the original coupling caps in place for that authentic vintage 70's sound...only the electrolytics needed replacement.

Condition: Mint functional condition and excellent physical condition - couple of blemishes on outer cover (from cigarettes perhaps), some extremely light pitting/rust on chrome legs (rust seems to be stable and is not spreading), small blemish in paint on the bass pedals, scratches and dents on the various faceplates and throughout the unit - all consistent with light use and little to no gigging."

CLICK FOR MORE »

Moog CDX 0652 Cordovox White Elephant

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

"The original white cover is missing, also the metal legs. The organ portion works (makes noise). All keys seem to function, the slides all move freely. The MOOG top slides are missing their plastic knobs. The MOOG portion (upper keyboard) also make noise and the flip switches on the top panel all move freely. Once again, it turns on and plays normally...for how long is anyone's guess."

Additional pics including some of the inside here.

CLICK FOR MORE »

Vintage Moog Organ - White Elephant - CDX-0652 Cordovox

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
video upload by Nate

via this auction

"This is an extremely rare Moog collaboration with Cordovox. When I purchased this beast it was in rough shape so I restored most of the outer shell and got most of the internals working the way they should. This includes

1. Exterior UV treated to restore the original "white" appearance.
2. Fixed various wiring miss connections within the circuitry.
3. Reconnected trouble spots that needed to be resoldered.
4. Repaired sliders that were no longer operational.

This is about as far as I got on the restoration. There are however some issues with the Moog side of things. These include.

1. Pitch on particular keys don't always work perfectly. (I speculate that this is due to bad key contacts, which should be an easy fix)
2. Some presets are not fully operational.
3. In manual mode not all parameters work perfectly.
4. Some Moog sliders don't have caps

This was a really fun restoration project, the Moog side has a few issues as noted above but the organ side of things is truly amazing! All together this Synth/Organ sounds great and is a true one of a kind.

I had to part with this because its taking up too much space and I would like my living room back ;)"

CLICK FOR MORE »

Cordovox - Original Catalog Collection - 70s -Brochure's

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

6 Cordovox Brochure’s =

Cordovox CRD-0610 Brochure

Cordovox CRD-P423 Brochure

Cordovox CDX-0612 Brochure

Cordovox CDX-0632 Brochure

Cordovox CDX-0622 Brochure

Cordovox CDX-0642 Brochure

Note the CDX-0652 not listed is dubbed the White Elephant and features a Moog synth section as can be seein in previous posts here.

MOOG White Elephant CDX-0652 Cordovox Organ Demo

Published on Nov 21, 2010 PunchandJudyDuo

"Demo video of the Cordovox CDX-0652 Moog 'White Elephant' keyboard. This is an Italian combo organ manufactured by the Thomas Organ company in 1975. Thomas licensed the Moog Satellite and grafted it into the top tier of the organ. The monophonic synth and the organ can be used independently or together on the top tier and the bottom tier organ can also be split with a Moog bass on the left. We have enjoyed many keyboard demos on YouTube and thought that we should post this since there aren't many others... ***Be sure to watch our other videos to see the White Elephant and other keyboards in LIVE action!*** [For your copy of the debut CD by The Show FEATURING THIS KEYBOARD send $10 and a return address to: The Show P.O. Box 426 Enon OH 45323. Please make checks and money orders payable to Jessica Kinzer.] Thanks!"

Note the date of this video is 2010. You might want to contact them first before sending any money. Spotted this one when putting up this post.

Moog / Cordovox CDX / CDX-0652 / White Elephant - vintage synthesizer combo organ

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

Pics of the inside below. Video demo in the listing previously posted here.

From the listing: "Here it is! That elusive beast, the White Elephant! If you don't know, this was produced in the mid 1970s as a joint venture between Moog and Cordovox, an organ manufacturer. The result is a massive instrument that combines an Italian-sounding combo organ and a Moog Satellite synthesizer. Plenty of information out there, so I'll say no more about the history.

This is a project, and one I have no time for. The organ section works well. All of the footage sliders function as they should. All keys on both manuals trigger.

The Moog section does not currently produce sound. Could be something as simple as a loose connector, could be something more. I have no idea. All boards and parts do seem to be present inside and in decent shape."

CLICK FOR MORE »

Moog CDX 0652 White Elephant Keyboard Demo Video & For Sale

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
Published on May 22, 2016 Momo Momo

"Blasting off from 1975 Short demo
This is a rare look back when analog was king.
That aren't many of these around. Not alone even work."

via this auction

"THIS IS A 1975 CDX 0652 MOOG KEYBOARD "WHITE ELEPHANT" AS IS CONDITION. MADE BY THOMAS ORGAN COMPANY, THIS IS A VERY RARE PIECE AND I HAVE A LINK ATTACHED TO A VIDEO I MADE SO YOU CAN VIEW HOW IT WORKS AND CONDITION DETAILS. PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS. CONTACT ME FOR PAYMENT METHODS TO PAY ON PICKUP. THIS KEYBOARD IS FOR PICKUP ONLY. I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT I PURCHASED THIS KEYBOARD NEW IN 1975. THIS KEYBOARD WAS RECENTLY SOLD FOR 1900.00 ON EBAY. EXTRA PARTS BAG INCLUDED."

CLICK FOR MORE »

Rack #1

flickr by rhodeschroma
(click for more)

"The list of stuff in the pictures is (with a few exceptions I couldn't fit in the frames:)

Rhodes [ARP] Chroma, Chroma Expander, 2 Chroma Polaris' and 1 Chroma Polaris II Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, Dave Smith Prophet-8 Special Edition and Poly Evolver Keyboard, Hartmann Neuron, Oberheim Xpander and OB-8, Anxiously Awaiting John Bowen Synth Design Hardware Solaris

I have a few enjoyable monophonics:
Moog Minimoog and Voyager Signature, and Crumar Spirit.

Other fun goodies
Yamaha Motif ES8, DX100, FS1r, TG33, S80, Alesis Andromeda, Elektron Sidstation, Korg Triton, Triton Extreme 76, 01WFD, 707, 01R/W, Wavestation SR and A/D, Ensoniq ESQm, Technics WSA1r, Roland JV5080, D550, S550, MKS 7; 10; 20; 30; 50; 70; 80 (all with programmers), D20, JD800, Juno 106 Kawai K5000s, SX210, SX240, K3m, K5m, Emu Carnival, Xtreme Lead, Audity 2000, Virtuoso 2000, Waldorf Q, two original Microwaves, Microwave 2, Pulse Plus, and Microwave XT, ARP Omni and Omni II Moog CDX, Akai VX-600 Clavia Nord Lead 3 and Nord Electro 73, Rhodes 54, Casio CZ-101 and various PT series yumyums...
TONS of MOTU MTP-AV's and regulated power supplies. Everything is housed in multiple Omnirax stations with Yamaha 01V's and 01v96V2 using lightpipe."

Moog CDX-0652 Organ synthesizer White Elephant

via this auction
With case and pedals. Synth section not working according to the full description.

Details via Combo Organ Heaven where you'll find additional models:
"The synthesizer voices play only on the upper manual, organ voices play on both. Organ and synth voices may be played simultaneously on the upper manual. It includes a batch of 9 preset synthesizer voices that don't appear on a Satellite. Unlike the 0642, this one seems to have all of the organ features (many of which seem identical to the 0642) available on both keyboards.

Controls:
Top Panel:
* Tab: Moog On/Off
* Buttons: Piano, Sax, Guitar, Flute, Banjo, Clarinet, String, Trumpet, Horn, Preset
* *Tabs 1: Octaves: 1 & 2 Modulation: Rep, Sine/Square, Vib, Trem
* *Tabs 2: Glide, Sust
* *Tabs 3: Brass: Mute, Open Reed: Thin, Hollow, Full, Bright
* *Tabs 4: String: Bow, Pluck Strike, Pick Bell, Lunar

Left of Upper Keyboard:
* Knob: Tuning
* Black Sliders: Flute Voices: 16', 8', 5-1'3, 4', 2-2'3, 2' Mixture, Volume Lower, Volume Upper
* *White Sliders: Filter: Contour, Color, Emphasis Modulation: Rate, Depth Glide, Volume

Left of Lower Keyboard:
* Buttons: Coupler, Sustain, Bass
* Sliders: Bass Min/Max, Guitar Bass, Vibrato Depth

Right of Lower Keyboard:
* Buttons: Percuss, Repeat, Mono
* Sliders: 8', 4', 2-2/3', 2', Decay Short/Long, Repeat Rate Slow/Fast"

CLICK FOR MORE »

MOOG CDX Combo ~ ORGAN w SATELLITE SYNTHESIZER

via this auction
"Top Panel
Tab: Moog On/Off
Buttons: Piano, Sax, Guitar, Flute, Banjo, Clarinet, String, Trumpet, Horn, Preset
Tabs 1: Octaves: 1 & 2 Modulation: Rep, Sine/Square, Vib, Trem
Tabs 2: Glide, Sust
Tabs 3: Brass: Mute, Open Reed: Thin, Hollow, Full, Bright
Tabs 4: String: Bow, Pluck Strike, Pick Bell, Lunar

Left of Upper Keyboard
Knob: Tuning
Black Sliders: Flute Voices: 16', 8', 5-1'3, 4', 2-2'3, 2' Mixture, Volume Lower, Volume Upper
# White Sliders: Filter: Contour, Color, Emphasis Modulation: Rate, Depth Glide, Volume

Left of Lower Keyboard
Buttons: Coupler, Sustain, Bass
Sliders: Bass Min/Max, Guitar Bass, Vibrato Depth
Right of Lower Keyboard
Buttons: Percuss, Repeat, Mono
Sliders: 8', 4', 2-2/3', 2', Decay Short/Long, Repeat Rate Slow/Fast
Weight 80lbs. L- 46" W-25" H-11" "

(Lego) Silent Night (English)

YouTube via btpro | December 01, 2009 | 958 likes, 171 dislikes

"Christmas Movie made with Lego. English text version.

Instruments :
Melody and Chord = Mellotron-400 (Flute, Cello, Violin)
Piano sound = Roland JV-1080
Arpeggio = Roland Juno-60
Bass = Moog IIIc
Organ (intro) = Moog CDX Organ"