Don Buchla

USA, 1963–2016

American instrument designer (1937-2016) who built the Buchla synthesizer for the San Francisco Tape Music Center. He rejected the piano keyboard in favour of touch plates and sequencers, a different premise from the Moog.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced Don Buchla and 1 artist Don Buchla influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Which artists did Don Buchla influence?

• Suzanne Ciani — Ciani apprenticed at Buchla's Berkeley factory, building the instruments she would master — she has called the Buchla her lifelong musical voice.