Trade Regrets: Larry Peyser

On May 10, we received the following from NAMM‘s Dan Del Fiorentino:

Music industry veteran Larry Peyser passed away on April 25. He was 100 years old.

Larry spent most of his career in the music wholesale business. Larry’s sister married Abbott Buegelesien after World War II.  Larry joined the company and over the years he learned much of its early history. Abbott’s father, Sam, formed the historic music wholesaler, Buegelesien & Jacobson, which had started as a music retail store in the late 1920s. B&J, as the company is also known, was the first to publish a four-color catalog in the pages of trade magazines. They carried a large number of popular products including Kent Guitars and Abbott Clarinets. After the company was sold, Larry began work at European Crafts in Los Angeles with his longtime friend Mirek Strizka.