Gretsch Company

Edward Garbett
Edward Garbett was the founder of the Progressive Music store in McKeesport Pennsylvania in the years following World War II.  He worked for Gretsch as Educational Director and a decade later was hired by Yamaha and oversaw the company’s growing school band programs throughout the 1960s and 70s. ...
Music Retail, Gretsch Company, Progressive Music Store, Deceased, Yamaha Corporation of America
William Schultz
William Schultz turned the struggling Fender Musical Instrument Corporation into an industry leader after purchasing the famed guitar company from CBS in 1985. Born in McKeesport, PA on July 30, 1926, he began playing the saxophone professionally before World War II and then opened his own musical...
Fender Musical Instruments Corp, AMC, CBS Musical Instruments, Gretsch Company, World War II, Instrument Repair Technician, Progressive Music Store, Guitars, Deceased, Yamaha Corporation of America, Squier, William Schultz, NAMM Board of Directors-Interviewed, Multiple Interviews

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