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Musical Instrument Retail News February 13, 2024

MMR Dealer Survey: Guitar & Bass Cases and Bags

Whether gigging and recording professionals, weekend warriors, beginners, or anywhere in between, guitarists and bassists all need the means to store and travel with their instruments! That's one of many…

Christian Wissmuller
Feb 13, 2024
Musical Instrument Retail News January 26, 2024

Dealers' Choice Award-winner Kawai at the NAMM Show

Cory Callies and Kentaro Kawai receive Kawai America's 2023 Dealers' Choice Award trophy for "Acoustic Piano Line of the Year" from MMR's Mike Lawson.

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 26, 2024
Musical Instrument Retail News January 26, 2024

MMR Dealers' Choice Award Winner Buffet Crampon at the NAMM Show

MMR publisher Mike Lawson and Buffet Crampon's Francois Kloc, Jérôme Perrod, and Al Maniscalco with the Dealers' Choice Award trophy for "Band & Orchestra Line of the Year."

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 26, 2024
Musical Instrument Retail News January 26, 2024

Casio Presented with MMR Dealers' Choice Award at the 2024 NAMM Show

MMR publisher Mike Lawson (second from left) presents the 2023 Dealers' Choice Award trophy for "Home Digital Keyboard of the Year" to Casio's Shigenori Itoh, Mike Martin, and Stephen Schmidt.

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 26, 2024
Musical Instrument Retail News January 25, 2024

Shure Names Sean Bowman To Lead North American Sales

Shure is positioning itself for global growth and enhanced customer support with a new sales structure. Led by José A. Rivas, Vice President and Chief Sales Officer at Shure, the…

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 25, 2024
Musical Instrument Retail News January 24, 2024

C.F. Martin & Co. Receives MMR Dealers' Choice Award

Prior to "day-one" of the 2024 NAMM Show, MMR's Matt King presented C.F. Martin & Co. president & CEO Thomas Ripsam and executive chairman Christian Frederick Martin IV with Martin…

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 24, 2024
Musical Instrument Retail News January 21, 2024

MMR Dealer Survey: Clarinet & Saxophone Reeds

Two of the most prominent and popular reed instruments are the Clarinet and Saxophone. Players of both require frequent replacement of -- you guessed it! -- reeds. In this month's…

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 21, 2024