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Don Glasgow
- Oral History
Don Glasgow is the Director of Sales for North America for Grotrian Piano Company GmbH, joining the company in 2013. Don’s role in the company f
Donnie Fritts
- Oral History
Donnie Fritts was born in Florence, Alabama, the right place at the right time to grow up to become a studio musician and songwriter. Just a lit
Jerry Foster
- Oral History
Jerry Foster was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame based on his long and successful career in music. Over the years he has pe
Johnny Eberle
- Oral History
Johnny Eberle was passionate about sound recordings ever since he was a small child.
Patrick Draine
- Oral History
Patrick Draine is the piano technician who established the Draine Piano Services, offering tuning, repair, regulation and voicing in the greater
Larry Dodson Sr.
- Oral History
Larry Dodson Sr. was asked to become the first singer in the Bar-Kays back in 1970. The band started out as an instrumental group in the 1960s and gained...
Jim Coleman Jr.
- Oral History
Jim Coleman Jr.
Diane Cobb
- Oral History
Diane Cobb is the Director of the Church Music Publishers Association (CMPA).
Dave Pomeroy
- Oral History
Dave Pomeroy has been active during the Summer NAMM Show in Nashville as both a performer on stage for many events and as an exhibitor as preside
Jane Jones
- Oral History
Jane Jones began her career as a piano technician while working in music retail. She noticed pianos in the repair shop lined up and wanted to do
Dallas Frazier
- Oral History
Dallas Frazier was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame for writing such hits as "There Goes My Everything" and "Elvira." "There
Bruce Clark
- Oral History
Bruce Clark was interviewed for the NAMM Oral History program during the 2015 Piano Technician Guild’s (PTG) annual convention in Denver, Colorad
Ben Cauley
- Oral History
Ben Cauley can be heard on hundreds of Stax Record hits including those with Otis Redding. Ben was a member of Otis's backup band called the Bar
David Briggs
- Oral History
David Briggs was a struggling musician in Nashville when he received a call to replace Floyd Cramer on a recording session. That session just ha
Rick Baldassin
- Oral History
Rick Baldassin is the President and Founder of Baldassin Pianos in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a piano technician, Rick has been an active and pass
Pat Alger
- Oral History
Pat Alger formed his own music publishing company in Nashville after writing several hit songs. His tune "Thunder Rolls" was a big hit for Garth
James Alexander
- Oral History
James Alexander reformed his band, the Bar-Kays following the plane crash that took the lives of three members, and singer Otis Redding. The ne
Paul Adams
- Oral History
Paul Adams began his career as a piano technician in New Jersey after earning his degree in music at Rutgers University in 1972. Soon after esta
Norbert Abel
- Oral History
Norbert Abel formed the Abel Hammer Company (Helmut Abel GmbH) in 1982 along with his father, to manufacture piano hammerheads, shanks and flange
Quinton Claunch
- Oral History
Quinton Claunch was a musical innovator who formed Hi Records in Memphis as well as the Goldwax label.
Big Ideas: Use Targeted Social Marketing
- NAMM U Post
At 2015 Summer NAMM, Larry Bailin hosted the NAMM U Breakfast Session “No More Average Marketing—How to Cut Through the Noise.” Bailin, an Internet marketing...
Retailers, Recorded Music and the Federal Copyright Act
- Article
According to the federal Copyright Act (17 U.S.C.
NAMM Furthers Music and the Arts By Empowering Iowa Arts Advocates
- Press Release
NAMM joined national and regional partners including Americans for the Arts, Iowa Alliance for Arts Education, Iowa Arts Council, The United States Conference...
Lacey Act Violation Update: Wood Supplier Indicted on Lacey Act Charges
- Article
A Washington State mill and its owner who state they supplied big leaf maple to music industry companies have been indicted on federal charges of receiving...
Modernize Your Lesson Program Today
- NAMM U Post
Is your music lesson program keeping up with changing buying and learning habits? At the 2015 NAMM Show, James Harding of Gist Piano Center delved into proven...
Merchandise Your Store for a Bigger 'Wow' Factor—and Bigger Profits
- NAMM U Post
https://ww1.namm.org/nammu/marketing-management/merchandise-your-store-bigger-wow-factor%E2%80%94and
Looking to update your store design? Gayle Beacock of Beacock Music, a NAMM Top 100 Dealer for Best Merchandising, has broken down effective store design to a...
Elizabeth Ward
- Oral History
Elizabeth Ward and her husband, Dale Probst, brought their love of pianos and their backgrounds as tuner and technicians together to form Ward &a
Dale Probst
- Oral History
Dale Probst and his wife, Elizabeth Ward, formed Ward & Probst Piano & Organ Service Piano Tuning Service in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Lee Paynter
- Oral History
Lee Paynter outlined the rich history of the JW Pepper Publishing Company during his NAMM Oral History interview.
Sandra Miller
- Oral History
Sandra Miller realized as a professional musician working in Memphis that she learned enough about her Steinway piano that she could sell them.