Trade Regrets: Frank Fendorf

Industry veteran Frank Fendorf passed away on June 3.

A former band director, Fendorf joined Wingert-Jones, a print music retailer, in 1965, eventually becoming president of the operation.

He eventually collaborated with other print music dealers to form The Retail Print Music Dealers Association (RPMDA), a group that aimed to gather annually and discuss challenges facing the industry and share solutions and ideas.

RPMDA now exists as one of the premier organizations with one of the major yearly conventions within MI.

To view a clip from Frank Fendorf’s NAMM Oral History interview, click here.