SPOTLIGHT: Piano and keyboard market
MMR has taken a temperature reading of the US piano and keyboard market, producing a wide range of results among dealers. The results from this survey – particularly the individual…
Piano & Keyboard Sales In 2016
The results from this survey – particularly the individual comments – display a disparity of opinion unlike any MMR dealer poll so far this year. For piano & keyboard retailers,…
Reimagining The Keyboard: Alternative MIDI Controllers for Expressive Performance
The 12-note musical keyboard has remained largely unchanged since the 14th century. Arguably this is because they got it right the first time. Even today it fits the needs of…
Home Sweet Some: Home Digital Keyboards Driving the Market in 2016
Time was, nearly every family had – or aimed to have – a piano in the living-room. Upright, baby grand, or grand – it didn’t matter, so long as there…
Nordic deal for Blackstar
Blackstar has signed a new pan-Nordic distribution partnership with Luthman for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Commenting on the partnership, Luthman’s general manager, Pär Olsson, said: “We at Luthman SMTTS…
Roland 909 Day – Part I
On September 9 Roland hosted, “The Future. Redefined. – Unleash Your Creativity.” The unique live streaming launch event debuted 30 new products, including new synthesizers, digital pianos, electronic drums, DJ…
KorgEDU Launches New Dedicated Website for Educators
Korg USA launched their new website dedicated for KorgEDU, www.education.korg.com. The site is user and mobile friendly, easy to navigate and includes access to informative videos, downloadable lesson plans, Fundraising…
Casio Names Dallas Piano Gallery as 2016 Grand Hybrid Dealer of The Year
Casio America, Inc., has honored Bob Rosenthal, owner of the Dallas Piano Gallery, with the Casio 2016 Digital Piano Dealer of the Year Award. This award recognizes one outstanding Casio…
TMP-Pro Adds Roland Professional Audio/Visual to its Pro Line Card
TMP-Pro announced an exclusive distribution partnership with Roland Professional A/V. TMP-Pro specialists’ are trained to allow them to guide their clients through Roland’s entire line of A/V products, from the…
Korg Names Kwas Technology Product Specialist
Korg USA has added Nick Kwas to their team as Korg’s technology product specialist. Kwas is a graduate of the University of Hartford and lifelong technology enthusiast with extensive experience…
Keyboard benders make acquisition
Bendy keyboard manufacturer ROLI has acquired music software specialist FXpansion. The deal adds to ROLI’s collection of sounds and effects available to its Seaboard keyboard, which will now be developed…
Korg updates classics in new launch batch
Korg has sprung a number of new product launches, including an update to its popular MicroKorg S synth and a new ARP Odyssey module. First introduced in 1972, the ARP…