Trade Regrets: Ralph Zumpano
On August 1, NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino got in touch with the following news: Ralph Zumpano passed away on July 22 at the age of 92. He worked in the Kenosha,…
GJ2 Guitars Expand OEM Business With Fano Guitars
Gold Jackson Enterprises, makers of GJ2 Guitars, have reached an agreement with Premier Builders Guild to become the dominant vendor for the USA production of Fano Guitars. Prior to the formation…
TOP TEN: Startling facts about the MI market on Kepler 452b
The exciting discovery of the Earth-like planet Kepler 452b, has brought with it some interesting data about the state of the musical instrument market there. 10: Guitar Center’s…
NAMM show housing opening soon
NAMM members can take advantage of early availability of hotel rooms for next year’s show using the NAMM Housing system. The system for hotel reservations and badge registrations for The…
Trade Regrets: William Petersen
On July 17th, we received the following message from NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino: William Petersen who served as president of the Selmer Corporation from 1975-1990 during a time of great growth,…
Music China 2015 Grows in Scale, Content
This year’s Music China continues to grow and offer business opportunities within Asia’s markets. Taking place from Ocotber 14 – 17 2015 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Shanghai, the…
Music China expands expo space
Despite dividing opinion over the future direction of its Frankfurt show, Musikmesse has promised that this year’s Music China will be the biggest yet for the Shanghai expo. Taking place…
NAMM Elects New Executive Committee Member and Positions
The NAMM executive committee welcomed Joel Menchey and honored outgoing chair Larry Morton during Summer NAMM. The changing of the guard started Saturday, July 11 during the annual summer board…
Musical Innovations Named NAMM’s 2015 Dealer of the Year (Yeah, Tracy!!!)
NAMM honored South Carolina’s Musical Innovations as the 2015 ‘Dealer of the Year’ at the fifth annual NAMM Top 100 Dealer Awards. The Friday evening gala held during Summer NAMM…
NAMM Shows Their Support for the W.O. Smith Music School
Joe Lamond, Betty Haywood, and Mary Luerhsen of the NAMM Foundation at the Casio/W.O. Smith Music School Summer NAMM event.
Lamond Praised At Casio/W.O. Smith Music School Event
NAMM President/CEO Joe Lamond was the first ever receipient of the Leadership in Music Education Award, given to him by Stephen Schmidt of Casio at the Casio/W.O. Smith Music School on…
SNAMM Roland/BOSS Shin-dig
On Wednesday, July 8, Roland and BOSS held a premier event at Soundcheck Nashville to launch new products being featured at Summer NAMM. The event was attended by leading artists,…