Open worldwide until 21 September, the fundraiser puts up a battery-free, freshly serviced 1983 Memorymoog Plus as first prize and a new Moog Muse as second.
The Bob Moog Foundation has opened its summer raffle, and this time two synths are up for grabs: a vintage Memorymoog Plus for the first prize winner and a new Moog Muse for second. Entry is open worldwide, Australians included, with tickets on sale until 11:59pm EDT on 21 September, which works out to just before 2pm AEST on 22 September here.
Memorymoog Plus and Moog Muse raffle
- Prizes: vintage 1983 Memorymoog Plus (~US$12,500 / AU$17,400) and a new Moog Muse (~US$3,500 / AU$4,900)
- Tickets: from US$25 (about AU$35)
- Closes: 21 September, drawn 25 September
- Who: open worldwide, 18+
- Enter: Bob Moog Foundation
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The headline prize is a Memorymoog Plus, serial number 3067. Moog Music released the Plus in 1983 as a follow-up to the previous year’s Memorymoog, adding an onboard sequencer, CV outputs and MIDI in, out and thru. The Memorymoog was one of Moog’s first synths to store programmable patches, with up to 100 sounds saved to memory and recalled instantly. Its signature is the voicing, with six-voice polyphony with three oscillators per voice, the same triple-oscillator layout as the Minimoog Model D.
This particular example has had the Bell Tone Synth Works Liberator F-RAM upgrade fitted, so it no longer relies on a battery, and it’s been serviced by Rob Rosen of Rosen Sound. It arrives with an Anvil flight case and an original manual written by Dominic Milano, and the Foundation rates it in excellent physical and technical condition, valuing it at around US$12,500 (about AU$17,400).
A second prize is up for grabs – the Moog Muse, the analogue polysynth Moog released in 2024, valued at US$3,500 (around AU$4,900). Alongside its analogue voice it runs digital control and effects including Diffusion Delay, an arpeggiator and a sequencer, with an OLED programmer and a deep control surface of 44 knobs, 16 sliders and 129 buttons for hands-on tweaking. It has 61 semi-weighted keys and dual CV in and out on the back panel for tying it into analogue and digital rigs.
“The Bob Moog Foundation is proud to be offering two massive synthesizers representing a continuum of Moog ingenuity over a 40-year period,” said executive director Michelle Moog-Koussa.
Tickets start at US$25 (about AU$35), with discounts for buying in bulk, and the Foundation covers up to US$400 of international shipping, so an Australian winner would be up for any freight or customs beyond that.
All proceeds from the fundraising raffle benefit the Bob Moog Foundation’s three hallmark projects: Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, and the Moogseum.
