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[caption id="attachment_48143" align="alignleft"]Display vertically, not horizontally. [/caption]By Tracy Leenman, Musical InnovationsToday’s customer has less and less time for shopping. Most people consider shopping a chore – and a stressful one…
[caption id="attachment_48141" align="alignleft"]Chromatics playing cards continue to expand into the market as an unprecedented learning tool and fast-moving retail item.[/caption]Mark A. Sanderson was well into a career in software engineering…
[caption id="attachment_48138" align="alignleft"]The new Gruhn Guitars location in Nashville[/caption]"That area is just so noisy now,” says George Gruhn of Gruhn Guitars’ former longtime location at 400 Broadway in downtown Nashville.…
Korg’s massive online learning program – the SoundTree Institute – has continued to develop as a full supplement to music teachers of all types. “SoundTree plays an integral part in…
[caption id="attachment_48134" align="alignleft"]Korg microLAB systems in a classroom setting[/caption] Trade shows in recent years have been buried in an avalanche of new digital technology – apps for iPads and other…
[caption id="attachment_48132" align="alignleft"]Thomas Solich of Solich Piano[/caption]The buyer is smarter and smarter,” declares Thomas Solich of Solich Piano. “We all are. How I buy today is drastically different from even three…
[caption id="attachment_48130" align="alignleft"]Hal Leonard president and new NAMM chairman Larry Morton[/caption]Apparently someone thought Larry Morton wasn’t busy enough. His day job as president of Hal Leonard has kept his head,…
It’s been a heady month for the piano business. Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson won a bidding war and took home one of our industry’s most iconic brands, Steinway &…
[caption id="attachment_48126" align="alignleft"]Gemini Play2Go Portable PA [/caption]The PLAY2GO is a compact unit, but features full-sized sound from its 50 Watts of power, 8” woofer, and 1” silk dome tweeter. Sound…
[caption id="attachment_48124" align="alignleft"]P. Mauriat Pro-Contoured Saxophone Cases [/caption]The P. Mauriat Pro-Contoured case has an outer shell made from high impact ABS polymers, aluminum valances and turn-key style steel latches. The…
John Batliner has assumed additional responsibility as US AKG Sales Leader in addition to his role as senior director, Sales, Amplifiers BU. In this role, Batliner will be responsible for…
Don Mannino RPT, director of field services for Shigeru Kawai Pianos, received the “Hall of Fame” award from the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) at their annual convention and technical institute…
