Arnold Shultz Fund Banjo 2025 Raffle Tickets $20 each

Description

One-of-a-Kind Custom 12″ Spalted Maple Tubaphone

Pisgah Banjo Company is honored to continue our partnership with the Arnold Shultz Fund by sponsoring our annual fundraising raffle. Since 2021, thanks to your generosity and community support, we’ve raised $120,840 to help support Black and Brown musicians pursuing Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Traditional music. This year, we’re aiming to raise an additional $50,000, all of which will go directly to uplifting and empowering the next generation of BIPOC artists in these genres.

Pisgah Banjo Company is proud to sponsor an annual raffle in support of the Arnold Shultz Fund, which provides opportunities for people of color pursuing careers and passions in Bluegrass, Traditional, and Old-Time music. As a banjo manufacturer deeply rooted in these traditions, we recognize the profound contributions of Arnold Shultz and other musicians of color whose legacies have too often gone unacknowledged. Supporting this fund is part of our ongoing commitment to equity, inclusion, and the dismantling of systemic barriers within the musical community.

To help meet this goal, we’ve crafted a truly one-of-a-kind custom banjo—a tribute to traditional craftsmanship and sonic excellence.

Banjo Specs:

• Rim Size: 12”

• Tone Ring: Classic Tubaphone

• Tone Head: Natural goat skin from Happy Hollow Hide Heads

• Wood: Highly figured spalted maple (neck and rim)

• Fretboard: Dappled persimmon

• Neck Profile: Features a thumb rest and s-scoop for comfortable frailing

• Scale Length: 25.5”

• Hardware: Raw brass

• Tension Hoop: Frailing-style

• Headstock: Slotted

• Finish: Durable Polyurethane Low VOC finish showcasing the unique spalting patterns

This instrument is as visually stunning as it is tonally rich—a banjo built to inspire, honor, and celebrate the roots and future of traditional American music.

🎟️ Raffle closes at midnight on December 31st, 2025.

Help us continue to build a more inclusive future in traditional music—enter to win and support the cause.

$20.00

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