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News October 6, 2016

Nicholas Gunn Deploys Chauvet DJ Intimidators in New Video

Instrumentalist and double platinum recording artist Nicholas Gunn enlisted lighting designer Jeff Hinton of 815 Productions to help him  with a music video that they shot in an historic Chicago…

MMR Staff
Oct 6, 2016
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Sam Ash Indianapolis Wins 2016 Nuvo Best of Indy Award

The Sam Ash Music Indianapolis store won the Nuvo Best of Indianapolis award Best Gear & Instrument Shop for the third consecutive year.  Voters headed over to Nuvo.net/bestofIndy to choose…

MMR Staff
Oct 6, 2016
News October 6, 2016

Audio-Technica Opens New Warehouse and Distribution Center

Audio-Technica has announced it has opened the Audio-Technica SEDC (Southeast Distribution Center) in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. The SEDC Distribution Center’s warehouse occupies 56,000 square feet, has seven loading docks and was…

MMR Staff
Oct 6, 2016
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OKnob Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

Option Knob, Inc. is joining the fight to help breast cancer awareness by creating a limited edition Pink OKnob Classic designed to raise donations for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  For…

MMR Staff
Oct 6, 2016
News October 6, 2016

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…

MMR Staff
Oct 6, 2016
News October 5, 2016

Peaksware’s Gear Fisher

This past summer, one of the most significant names in music publishing, Alfred Music, was acquired by Boulder, Colorado-based Peaksware, parent company of MakeMusic, among others. MMR recently had the opportunity…

MMR Staff
Oct 5, 2016
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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,…

MMR Staff
Oct 5, 2016
News October 5, 2016

The Coming Millennial Moment

There has been much fretting published about what the world will look like when it’s run – as it inevitably will be – by members of the Millennial generation. The…

MMR Staff
Oct 5, 2016