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A Letter From the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) to President Obama and Members of the U.S. Congress
- Article
We are writing today on behalf of the music products industry to express deep frustration over a regulation that is impacting music products manufacturers as...
Jens Kruger
- Oral History
Jens Kruger is one of the world’s most technically accomplished 5-string banjo players who have worked with the Deering Banjo Company to create a
Jack Wyatt
- Oral History
Jack Wyatt is well known in the piano industry as the historian of the Piano Technicians Guild.
Spider Wilson
- Oral History
Spider Wilson began recording with Little Jimmy Dickens in 1947 and over the years backed nearly every performer at the Grand Ole Opry as a house
Bob Williamson
- Oral History
Bob Williamson has been involved in the piano and organ business since he was a boy.
J.M. VanEaton
- Oral History
J.M. VanEaton was the house drummer for a little recording company in Memphis that began one of the centers of the birth of rock and roll.
Ron Tutt
- Oral History
Ron Tutt is best known for playing drums behind Elvis Presley during most of the king’s tours during the 1970s.
Dee Starkey
- Oral History
Dee Starkey recalls the days when his father, Jim, had a well known dance band in Wichita and played at night while teaching music during the day
Curly Seckler
- Oral History
Curly Seckler was a pioneer in the development of Bluegrass music. He began performing professionally in 1935, on a daily radio program on WSTP in Salisbury,...
David Saul
- Oral History
David Saul is a leading expert on player piano rolls and the AMPICO Company.
Ted Sambell
- Oral History
Ted Sambell was born in London, England and made his living as a piano technician in London, and Ontario, Canada.
Leon Rhodes
- Oral History
Leon Rhodes was one of the most beloved country music guitarists in history.
Bobby Osborne
- Oral History
Bobby Osborne is the mandolin/guitarist who teamed with his brother to form one of the most beloved duets in bluegrass music history. The Osborn
Fred Morgan
- Oral History
Fred Morgan was one of the few GI’s, returning home from World War II, who were accepted to the Conn School of Musical Instrument Repair the firs
Dale Miller
- Oral History
Dale Miller was just 27 when he decided to open a music store.
Ben McKlveen
- Oral History
Ben McKlveen had a very colorful life as a service man during World War II and a piano technician who cared for the instruments of many top perfo
Taylor Mackinnon
- Oral History
Taylor Mackinnon grew up in a very musical family and his father played a key role in introducing Taylor to a variety of instrumental music.
A.A. (Sid) La Grandeur
- Oral History
A. A.
Ken Ingram
- Oral History
Ken Ingram served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Selmer Company in Elkhart, Indiana.
Colin Hilborne
- Oral History
Colin Hilborne has stories to tell!
Leo Henrichs
- Oral History
Leo Henrichs and his friend Raughi Ebert formed the group Tierra Negra to combine their love of flamenco and their passion for rhythms to create
Ed Hamrick
- Oral History
Ed Hamrick enjoyed playing the drums ever since he saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
Ray Guntren
- Oral History
Ray Guntren is the president of Midbell Music in Iowa, a retail store he first began working at when he was a teenager.
Mark Goff
- Oral History
Mark Goff was ready to work for a musical instrument manufacturer after college when he was told that he needed retail experience.
Joe Glaser
- Oral History
Joe Glaser has always enjoyed taking a damaged guitar and repairing it to bring it back to playing condition.
Richard Fruhauf
- Oral History
Richard Fruhauf is the vice president of the company his grandfather established in Wichita, Kansas in 1910.
Kenny Fruhauf
- Oral History
Kenny Fruhauf recalls with a smile the years he spent working with his grandfather, Lou, the founder of Fruhauf Uniforms in Wichita, Kansas.
Elaine Frizzell
- Oral History
Elaine Frizzell was an artist endorser for the Mosrite Guitar Company back in the 1960s.
Ren Ferguson
- Oral History
Ren Ferguson is among the most noted master luthiers in the United States and has been since the 1970s.