Bob Moog Foundation raffles Minimoog Model D serial number 001

The Bob Moog Foundation put one of the rarest modern Minimoogs back in play: serial number 001 from the Bob Moog Tribute Edition Minimoog Model D. For vintage-synth collectors, that detail changes everything. This is not just a limited reissue from Moog Music’s 500-unit run, but the first instrument off the line, a piece with built-in provenance and the kind of numbering that usually stays in top-tier collections.

Moog Music released the Tribute Edition on April 14, 2026, pricing it at $3,999 and building it as a hand-assembled instrument in North Carolina. The company tied the model directly to the original Minimoog Model D, introduced in 1970 as the first portable, performance-ready analog keyboard synthesizer. It also gave the Tribute Edition the kind of physical cues Moog fans notice immediately: a custom quartersawn oak enclosure, a unique back-panel decal, an included SR Series travel case, and a custom metal photo-anodized badge meant to echo early R.A. Moog Co. graphics.

That hardware story is what makes serial 001 matter. The raffle prize is not simply a fresh reissue with commemorative branding. It is the first numbered example of a limited instrument that already sits at the intersection of synth history, working-player utility, and collector scarcity. The rear-panel decals, oak cabinet, and badge give it the feel of a deliberate tribute, while the serial number makes it the kind of object that collectors, museum-minded fans, and serious players tend to chase.

The fundraising effort also fits squarely inside the Bob Moog Foundation’s larger mission. The North Carolina nonprofit, which launched in August 2006 after Bob Moog’s death and brought Michelle Moog-Koussa on as full-time executive director in February 2007, supports Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, and the Moogseum in downtown Asheville. The archives hold more than 10,000 pieces, and Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool has grown from an eight-classroom pilot with 170 students in Asheville City Schools in 2011-2012 to 3,000 children in more than 100 classrooms across two school districts.

The Foundation has made this kind of rare-instrument raffle part of its playbook before, including a 2025 Geddy Lee Minimoog raffle and a 2021 anniversary raffle with a vintage Minimoog signed by Bob Moog. But serial 001 gives this round a sharper edge. It turns a commemorative reissue into a provenance piece, and that is exactly why the Minimoog still carries weight far beyond its market price.