The Bob Moog Foundation has announced its fall fundraising raffle, featuring a fully-restored vintage Minimoog, signed by the legendary Peter Gabriel.

All proceeds from the raffle go to supporting the Foundation, a non-profit organization, and its projects, including:

• 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.

The fall raffle is a particularly important one for the Foundation, as the Moogseum was damaged by Hurricane Helene and is currently closed.

Here’s what they shared about the damage:

“We are deeply grateful to have been spared any flooding from Hurricane Helene. The Moogseum sustained minor exterior damage. You can see here that our awning frame was torn off the building. It fell and broke our window. Fortunately we have a heavy duty security film on all of our windows, so even when broken, they are impenetrable and remain intact. We have boarded up the broken side as a cautionary measure until the glass can be replaced. That may be a while considering the immense devastation in our community.

The Moogseum will be closed for the foreseeable future — maybe a week, maybe much more. While electricity has been restored at the Moogseum, we are still without water or cell service. It’s best for us to wait until all infrastructure stabilizes before opening our doors again.

We are grateful to report that our staff’s homes were spared of any flooding. We are all dealing with the lack of power, water, and reliable cell service, and with some fallen trees, but we otherwise are safe. We are all heartbroken about the devastation in our wider Asheville community.”

Win A Minimoog Signed By Peter Gabriel

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 vintage Minimoog is valued at $7500. With Peter’s signature, though, it is priceless.

“The Bob Moog Foundation provides the opportunity for children and adults to explore the science of sound through their educational programs,” said Gabriel. “I am very happy to support their work by signing this legendary synthesizer.”

Peter Gabriel 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’ reached number 1 in the UK album charts.

Peter has received several Grammy, BRIT and MTV awards (nine from MTV alone for the Sledgehammer video), 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.”

The raffle runs from October 7, 2024, at 7 am (EST) to October 28, 2024 at 11:59 pm (EST). Tickets are available for $25 each, five for $100, 12 for $200 or 35 for $500. The raffle is open internationally.