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Chuck Turk
- Oral History
Chuck Turk has been active in the music industry in both manufacturing and in retailing.
Wolfgang Teller
- Oral History
Wolfgang Teller joined the family musical instrument making business in 1980.
Horst Teller
- Oral History
Horst Teller was the son of Oskar Teller, who formed a small workshop in 1929 in Schonbach to make musical instruments.
Burkhard Stein
- Oral History
Burkhard Stein grew up in a music retail family, which focused on selling pianos in Marburg, Germany.
Tabor Stamper
- Oral History
Tabor Stamper was a band director before joining the manufacturing side of the industry for which he has a true passion.
Myrna Sislen
- Oral History
Myrna Sislen is a professional musician who took advantage of the opportunity to purchase a struggling music store and bring it back to being an
Ulrich Sauter
- Oral History
Ulrich Sauter grew up in the middle of the Sauter Piano Company, as his great grandfather formed the factory in Spaichingen, Germany.
Mitchel Banks
- Oral History
Mitchel Banks has been working in the music store his father established as far back as he can remember.
Ernst Roth
- Oral History
Ernst Roth is a guitar luthier who over the last 40 years of his career has dedicated himself to training younger craftsman in the art of violin
Dieter Roesberg
- Oral History
Dieter Roesberg made his mark as a rock musician in Germany during the 1970s, 80s and 90s, being part of several bands that scored hits on the ch
David Reid
- Oral History
David Reid is a guitar luthier who not only designs, builds and repairs guitars, he also teaches the art of instrument making.
Steve Rauch
- Oral History
Steve Rauch began his career in the music publishing business in the early 1960s.
Nick Rail
- Oral History
Nick Rail is the president and founder of the retail string of stores in Southern California with his namesake that began in 1986.
Kenny O'Brien
- Oral History
Kenny O’Brien is the president of Music & Arts, a retail store chain that his father, Ken O’Brian, established.
Frantisek Nemecek
- Oral History
Frantisek Nemecek was born and raised in Czechoslovakia where he studied advertising and helped the more than 70 instrument makers in the area to
Sara Michaelson
- Oral History
Sara Michaelson grew up in the music store her father, Frank Hessy, established in Liverpool, England in the late 1950s.
Bernard Michaelson
- Oral History
Bernard Michaelson was just a teenager when he began working for Frank Hessy.
Joel Menchey
- Oral History
Joel Menchey is the president of Menchey Music Service, a Hanover, PA based retail store established by his grandfather in 1936.
Morty Manus
- Oral History
Morty Manus and his lovely wife Iris were the driving force behind the Alfred Music Publishing Company for over 50 years, when their sons took ov
Kurt Lutz
- Oral History
Kurt Lutz was a well-regarded German luthier who, along with many other instrument makers, settled in Bubenreuth, Germany following World War II.
Alfred Loib
- Oral History
Alfred Loib was a banker in Germany before he opened a small music store and fell in love with the industry.
Tony Leonard
- Oral History
Tony Leonard is the president of Playground Music, a Florida-based music store his father established in 1961.
Uli Kurtinat
- Oral History
Uli Kurtinat loved playing the guitar and wanted to be a rock star!
Bob Kranendonk
- Oral History
Bob Kranendonk sang for the choral group, the Pennsylvanians led by Fred Waring. Bob’s father also sang for the group and in fact together both men had a hit...
Dirk Kommer
- Oral History
Dirk Kommer grew up close to Hohner, where he began his industry career as an apprentice in 1956.
Christoph Kemper
- Oral History
Christoph Kemper blended his love of music with his love of computer programming as early as 1986 when he put his Commodore 64 t
Ed Hendricks
- Oral History
Ed Hendricks always enjoyed selling.
Walter Hoyer
- Oral History
Walter Hoyer took over the guitar production shop that his great grandfather had started and for which his father, Arnold Hoyer, made famous duri
Allan Holdsworth
- Oral History
Allan Holdsworth was the influential electric guitarist who played a vital role within the music products industry as both an endorser and instru