Asheville,
NC - March 01, 2017... The Bob Moog
Foundation proudly announces the launch of its annual raffle for a highly
coveted vintage Minimoog® Model D synthesizer. This year's
iconic instrument has been signed by legendary keyboardist Jan Hammer,
known for his groundbreaking music on the 1980s TV series Miami Vice, and
whose work with the Mahavishnu Orchestra helped define the Minimoog as a
virtuoso performance instrument in the early 1970s.
Proceeds from the raffle will benefit the Foundation's educational and
historical preservation projects. Tickets to enter the raffle are $20 each,
or 6 for $100 and can be purchased through the Foundation's website: http://bit.ly/2017VintageMinimoogRaffle.
The raffle, which is open internationally, closes at 11:59pm on Monday,
April 3, 2017 or when all 7,500 tickets are sold, whichever comes first.
The Foundation's 2016 Minimoog raffle sold out in eight days.
The Minimoog Model D being offered, serial number 4311, was built at Moog
Music's Williamsville, NY factory in 1974, and is valued in excess of
$5,000. The synthesizer is in excellent technical and physical condition
and has been serviced by acclaimed restoration specialists Perfect Circuit
Audio in Burbank, CA.
Jan Hammer may best be
known for his definitive use of the Minimoog with Mahavishnu Orchestra in
the early 1970s, and later for the music he created for 90 episodes of Miami Vice. He
has also collaborated with some of the era's most influential jazz and rock
musicians, including John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Mick Jagger,
Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Tommy Bolin, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather,
and Elvin Jones, among many others. He has composed and produced 14
original motion picture soundtracks, and 20 episodes of the popular British
television series Chancer.
He has two Grammy awards and has received worldwide recognition for his
musical and compositional talents, including winning Best Lead Synthesist
seven times by Keyboard Magazine, and Best Sessions Synthesist twice.
"It's a saving
grace having Jan Hammer playing the lead. He's done more to use a small
keyboard synthesizer expressively than any other one musician. There are
10,000 keyboard players breaking their fingers trying to do what he
did." - Bob Moog, Los Angeles Times, 1981
The Minimoog Model D
is widely regarded as the most iconic synthesizer of all time, and was
recognized as such in an international voters' poll by SonicState.com. When
released in 1970, it represented a musical and technological revolution,
with its combination of portability, affordability, accessible user
interface, and innovative sounds and functions. Its robust construction has
allowed the instrument to withstand the test of time. Vintage Minimoog
Model Ds are coveted by synthesizer enthusiasts worldwide and regularly
sell on eBay for $4,000-$7,000.
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