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Robert , US engineer who died in 2005 after whom a type of musical synthesizer is named (4)

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I believe the answer is:

moog

(Other definitions for moog that I've seen before include "Robert ---, 60s synthesizer designer" , "Hardwood; I rook (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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