UPDATE | Congratulations to our raffle winner!
In honor of Bob Moog’s 89th birthday, the Bob Moog Foundation, in collaboration with Moog Music, is excited to announce its raffle for serial #1 of the latest reissue of the Minimoog Model D, released in 2022. Moog Music generously donated this one-of-a-kind coveted synthesizer, valued in excess of $5,000, to support the Foundation’s mission of carrying Bob Moog’s legacy forward by inspiring people of all ages through the intersection of science, music, technology, and innovation.
The raffle is open internationally from 10 a.m. ET on May 23, 2023 until 11:59 p.m. ET on June 23, 2023.
Raffle tickets for the serial #1 2022 Minimoog Model D are $20 each, six for $100, 14 for $200 or 40 for $500.
Tickets can be purchased here: bit.ly/ModelDSerialNumberOne.
All proceeds benefit the projects of the Bob Moog Foundation, including our hallmark educational project, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool; our archive preservation project, the Bob Moog Foundation Archives; and the Moogseum, located in downtown Asheville, NC, which has inspired over 30,000 visitors since opening in May of 2019.
About the Minimoog
The serial #1 Minimoog Model D being offered was produced at the Moog Music factory in Asheville, North Carolina. Built by hand to last a lifetime, the new Minimoog Model D delivers the revered quality, undefinable feel, and authentic sound of a pristine vintage Moog. The three-oscillator, monophonic, analog synthesizer is housed in a locally sourced Appalachian cherry cabinet and hand-finished aluminum chassis. Sounding as vibrant and deep as ever, its legendary low-pass ladder filter, powerful oscillators, and rich saturating mixer retain the exact component placement and through-hole design of a 1970s-era Minimoog Model D.
While no changes have been made to the original sound engine or audio signal path, the 2022 Minimoog Model D includes a series of popular functional modifications that expand this legendary instrument’s sonic capabilities, including:
- Dedicated analog LFO with triangle and square waveshapes
- Premium Fatar keybed with velocity and after pressure available via top panel CV jacks with onboard trimpots
- MIDI integration including updates to the MIDI functionality allowing for improved modern studio integration
- A mixer feedback modification allowing the Minimoog Model D to overdrive and scream with the turn of a knob
- For the first time in its history, the Minimoog Model D now features a spring-loaded pitch wheel with center deadband, allowing for improved playability and wild performance flourishes
Many thanks to Moog Music for the donation of this beautiful instrument. On the momentous occasion of the 89th anniversary of Bob’s birth, we are excited to celebrate our common heritage with the company while helping propel his legacy forward.
The Bob Moog Foundation is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are not formally associated with Moog Music, Inc., but we are proud to have them join our family of corporate supporters which includes:
Spectrasonics, MOTU, Native Instruments, KORG, Universal Audio, MOK, iZotope, Cherry Audio, and more.