Guitar & Ukulele Raffle
Raffle Tickets for Guitar & Ukulele
1st Prize, a $8,000 Handmade Classical Guitar
2nd Prize, a $129 Ukulele
Each ticket (we print 2,500) gives you 1 chance to win this Guitar or Ukulele. Once you’ve purchased, we’ll email your tickets to you within 2-3 business days. Please include your phone number, so that we may contact you, if you win. We will pick the winners on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at noon at Noble Coffee Roasters, 3020 Rt 207, Campbell Hall, NY. You do not have to be present to win. All sales final.
When the clock turns to zero, you’re out of time, so get your tickets now. (We accept credit cards through PayPal. If you have a PayPal account attached to the credit card you are using, PayPal will reject the transaction. You must use your PayPal account.) If you’d like to pay by check, do not use the form below. Simply send a check (“mark your check for Guitar & Ukelele Raffle”) in any multiple of $10 to Music for Humanity, PO Box 359, Chester, NY 10918 and we’ll email you your tickets. Please provide your email address and the best phone number to contact you if you are a winner.
See & hear the guitar played by Classical Guitarist Charles Mokotoff
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First Prize - $8,000 Handmade Classical Guitar
Adrian Heinzelmann, a young German luthier creates modern style guitars using advanced soundboard construction methods. As shown in one of the pictures above, his guitars utilize a lattice type bracing pattern that is augmented by grooves carved directly into the soundboard material. Rather than try to explain the technique further, I will quote his description from his website:
“The light and vibrating top produces a powerful tone, with a fast response, singing treble and fundamental bass. In order to achieve these properties, I adopt ideas from double-top and lattice construction methods. The top is braced with a thin cedar lattice and due to special groove structures is very light and vibrant. These groove structures are open to the inside of the guitar and not enclosed by a second top as in double-top construction. Inside the guitar you can see the grooves between the bracing. I have been using this groove top construction in variations since 2014. It significantly shapes the sound of my guitars. In 2016 my guitar with groove top construction was awarded the German Musical Instrument Prize. The jury was impressed by the great dynamism, the precise and immediate response and its extraordinary balance.”
The scale length of this guitar measures 650mm and the nut 51mm. Weight is approximately 3.5lbs. The top is finished with French Polish. PU is used on the back and sides to increase durability.
The donor can attest to the clear, articulate tones produced without any artifacts often found in other lattice braced guitars. The material and construction on this guitar are exemplary and easily the equal of any guitar the donor has played or owned.Â
2nd Prize, a $129 Ukulele
