#GivingTuesday - Two Ways to Support the Alan R Pearlman Foundation
This #GivingTuesday, give a little and get something BIG in return! The Alan R Pearlman Foundation needs your help to share an ARP 2500 synthesizer with the world through their ARPs for All program. Check out the details at their Indiegogo project and press release (below). Some of the perk levels even include Cherry Audio's Voltage Modular Core and the acclaimed VM2500 Collection from Cherry Audio/MRB!
In addition, we've added another way of donating directly to the Foundation easy: between now and the end of the year, we've added a box to the Cherry Audio store shopping cart for an optional donation. Help support the The Alan R. Pearlman Foundation by adding a gift to your purchase! The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to celebrate the legacy of inventor, musician, entrepreneur and engineer Alan R. Pearlman, by making his innovative inventions publicly accessible, and by inspiring future generations to imagine and create.
PRESS RELEASE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2023
ALAN R. PEARLMAN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES GIVING TUESDAY INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN KICKOFF
The Foundation Announces the First Publicly-Accessible ARP 2500 in the USA
STONE RIDGE, NY, November 28, 2023: Thanks to a generous donation by former ARP employee Bruce McLendon, the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation is welcoming a 2508 Wing Cabinet into its collection of legendary ARP synthesizers.
This 2508 cabinet was assembled as a complete self-contained 2500 synthesizer featuring original oscillator, filter, sequencer, envelope and mix-sequencer modules, all linked by the flexible 2500 patch matrix system. It also contains a new oscillator module designed and built for the Foundation by Phil Cirocco of CMS (Discrete Music Systems).
The ARP Foundation is launching an IndieGogo campaign to raise funds to complete the restoration of what will become the only publicly-accessible ARP 2500 synthesizer in the USA, and to bolster its ARPs For All Program in preparation for the 2500’s arrival.
About the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation
The ARP Archives & The Alan R. Pearlman Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Its mission is to celebrate the legacy of inventor, musician, entrepreneur and engineer Alan R. Pearlman, by making his innovative inventions publicly accessible, and by inspiring future generations to imagine and create. Alan R. Pearlman was a pioneer in the electronic music world, and the founder of ARP Synthesizers, a leading synthesizer manufacturer in the 1970s. The Foundation is dedicated to preserving his legacy, and is committed to creating opportunities for emerging artists, sound designers and electronic music entrepreneurs.
Among their missions is enabling artists and designers to use rare, vintage ARP synthesizers, as well as recording and production equipment - which they’ve successfully accomplished with the ARPs For All Program in cooperation with their partners at The Record Co. in Boston, MA.