The Bob Moog Foundation is excited to announce its fall fundraising raffle for a fully restored vintage Minimoog signed by the legendary Peter Gabriel. The raffle runs from October 7, 2024, at 7 am (EST) to October 28, 2024 at 11:59 pm (EST). Tickets are $25 each, five for $100, 12 for $200 or 35 for $500. The raffle is open internationally. All proceeds benefit the three hallmark projects of the Bob Moog Foundation. Tickets can be purchased at: https://bit.ly/2024MinimoogRafflePeterGabriel. Funding from this raffle will be particularly important as the Foundation and the Moogseum navigate the damaging effects of Hurricane Helene, which ravaged their hometown of Asheville, NC.
The Minimoog being raffled is serial number 8538, created in Moog Music’s Williamsville factory in the mid-1970s. The Minimoog was fully restored by lauded restorationist Kent Spong Restorations, whose three decades of synthesizer restoration has included work for Hans Zimmer, Vangelis, and hundreds of others. On the back of the Minimoog, Gabriel has inscribed, “To the Bob Moog Foundation. Hello. Love, Peter Gabriel, 04-09-2024”. The Minimoog is valued at $7500. With Peter’s signature it is considered priceless.
“The Bob Moog Foundation provides the opportunity for children and adults to explore the science of sound through their educational programs. I am very happy to support their work by signing this legendary synthesizer.” – Peter Gabriel
The Foundation’s raffles provide critically important funding for its three hallmark projects: Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, a ten-week experiential curriculum that teaches elementary school students the science of sound through music and technology; the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, a vast collection of over 10,000 historical items ranging from hardware to schematics to vintage photos; and the Moogseum, an interactive facility in Asheville, North Carolina that brings Bob Moog’s legacy alive to inspire people of all ages and from all walks of life.
Peter Gabriel, a lauded musician and humanitarian, co-founded the band Genesis with a group of friends from school and has been making music ever since. He recorded seven albums with Genesis, left the band in 1975 and went on to release many solo albums and film scores. His latest album ‘i/o’ in 2023, reached number 1 in the UK album charts.
Peter has received several Grammy, BRIT and MTV awards (nine from MTV alone for the groundbreaking Sledgehammervideo), an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe nomination, the Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and various lifetime achievement awards including an Ivor Novello Fellowship, Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Award, BMI Icon Award, BT’s Digital Music Pioneer Award, and The Polar Music Prize. He has twice been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
“The Bob Moog Foundation is deeply honored to have Peter Gabriel supporting our work through this phenomenal raffle,” noted Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation. “We are grateful to him for shining a light on our important work, and for lending his name to help raise the funding that makes our work possible.”
