Music Trades articles from December 2006

Music Trades archives from December 2006

Did outsiders & arrogance bring down Brook Mays?(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2006... I really enjoyed reading your Brook Mays article, and I have a little different perspective. I was the Brook Mays vice-president of marketing for the four years when Ron Raup left and Jim Tenet came on board, so my department was in the...

Getting labor for free.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2006... I enjoyed your article "How To Get 500,000 Hours of Labor For Free!" in your August 2006 issue. I'm a purchasing agent for a retail company, and it really struck a chord with me. I have drafted a letter to some of my "problem" suppliers,...

Retail technology helps crooks.(Industry Briefings)
December 1, 2006... Bar-coding, gift cards, and the internet have been a boon for retailers both large and small over the past decade. New reports now indicate that these new technologies have helped criminals as well. Retail crime rose to $37 billion 2005, up...

Falling gas prices boost consumer confidence ...(Industry Briefings)
December 1, 2006... Consumer confidence in the U.S. rose to the highest in 15 months in October as tumbling gasoline prices left more money in Americans' pockets according to the University of Michigan analysis of consumer sentiment. The poll concludes that a drop...

... But housing slump slows economy.(Industry Briefings)
December 1, 2006... Economic growth slowed to a crawl in the third quarter, advancing at a pace of just 1.6 percent, the worst in more than three years. The latest snapshot of the economy, released by the Commerce Department, showed that the slumping housing...

Harmonica's "Johnny Appleseed" says the harp is healthful.(Industry Briefings)
December 1, 2006... The Wall Street Journal reports that Terry Rand, a financial consultant in Naples, Florida, has created the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica. An avid player since he was a kid, the 71-year-old Rand gives out several...

The guitar for air guitarists.(Industry Briefings)
December 1, 2006... RedOctane, the video game maker, has introduced a new wireless "guitar" controller that will allow aspiring "air guitarist" gamers to add a semblance of realism when they log on to their "Guitar Hero" video game. Offered in a glossy white...

Instrument-borne bacteria ... Is it really a threat?(EDITORIAL)
December 1, 2006... Is participating in a school band a rewarding, character-building exercise or a high-risk activity that should be approached with caution? We always subscribed to the former point of view, but a newly formed company, MaestroMD, is touting the...

Reorganized fender marketing dept. coordinates for greater global impact.(Industry FOREFRONT)
December 1, 2006... IN THE RECENT PAST Fender Musical Instruments has filled out its stable of brands with the acquisition of the Gretsch, Jackson, Charvel, Tacoma, SWR, and Guild guitar and amp lines and expanded the reach of its distribution network, opening...

Yamaha shifts guitar production from Taiwan to China.(FLASH)
December 1, 2006... THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of Yamaha Corporation decided at its September 20 meeting to dissolve Kaohsiung Yamaha Co., Ltd., of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, a subsidiary that manufactures guitars in Taiwan. Production at the subsidiary will be suspended at...

Slash appears for First Act in VW ads.(Industry FOREFRONT)
December 1, 2006... Caption: SLASH HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE AIRWAVES in VW commercials, playing a First Act guitar. The German carmaker is including a First Act guitar with a select models, and has take to describing its cars as "amplifiers on wheels." Other artists...

Yamaha sponsors Monterey Jazz Fest for 34th consecutive Year.(Industry FOREFRONT)
December 1, 2006... YAMAHA CONTINUED ITS longstanding support of The Monterey Jazz Festival, in Monterey, California, by providing a selection of pianos and drum kits for five festival stages. The event, which celebrated its 49th year, is the...

Boston Brass joins artist roster.(Jupiter Band Instruments)
December 1, 2006... THE BOSTON BRASS has signed on as artist and educational ambassadors for Jupiter Band Instruments. The announcement was made at a surprise appearance by the Boston Brass at the Jupiter annual sales meeting. "I was absolutely amazed to hear...

EMG pickups sponsors playstation's hot selling guitar hero.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
December 1, 2006... EMG IS AN official sponsor of the second release of Playstation's award-winning Guitar Hero video game, Guitar Hero II. Tracks played during the game feature the talents of EMG endorser Marcus Henderson using EMG-81 and EMG-85 humbuckers. ...

PRS guitars aids cancer research with charity golf event.(FLASH)
December 1, 2006... PAUL REED SMITH Guitars and the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center held the seventh annual Charity Golf Tournament October 22-23 at Caves Valley and Hayfields Country Club in Baltimore, Maryland. This year's tournament had many new offerings...

Premium "Pianoforte" line offers Handcrafted quality at competitive price.(Wyman Piano)
December 1, 2006... WYMAN PIANO COMPANY previewed the Wyman Pianoforte, its new premium grand piano line, to select music dealers at the recent Music China Show held October 18-21 in Shanghai. The company announced it will formally display this new line, featuring...

M&M merchandisers celebrates 30 years of delivering value.(Industry FOREFRONT)
December 1, 2006... M&M MERCHANDISERS was founded in 1976 as a value-added distributor by Marty Stenzler, the current president, and his father. The company's goal is the same today as it was then: to provide the best service, selection, and prices to its...

Bissonette headlines Mapex clinic at Vintage Drum Show.
December 1, 2006... MAPEX DRUMS CO-SPONSORED the tenth annual Hollywood Custom & Vintage Drum (HCVD) Show in Pasadena in October. Mapex artist Gregg Bissonette was a featured clinician at the celebration and put on an entertaining and educational clinic that left...

New three-day format at AES draws praise from exhibitors.(Industry FOREFRONT)
December 1, 2006... THE 121st CONVENTION of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) October 5-8 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco was one of the most successful in recent memory, with 17,445 attendees and 420 exhibitors. Attendance was up 8% over the previous San...

Online "buy now" links consumers and dealers.(D'Addario)
December 1, 2006... D'ADDARIO'S "BUY NOW" program on the websites of all its brands lets consumers have two different online purchasing options whereby brick-and-mortar stores and "etailers" will easily benefit from the sale with little or no effort. ...

Guitar QC moved to new Kentucky facility.(Hanser Music Group)
December 1, 2006... HANSER MUSIC GROUP'S modern new facility in Hebron, Kentucky, will now serve as the national distribution center for all of the company's guitar brands, which include B.C. Rich, Michael Kelly, OLP, and Traben. Accordingly, the company has...

TCH named distributor for continental U.S.(Eminence Speaker)
December 1, 2006... EMINENCE SPEAKER HAS added Trans Continental Hardware (TCH) as a preferred distributor for branded Eminence product sales in the continental United States. Chris Rose, Eminence distribution and marketing manager, said, "Eminence and TCH...

Weril opens new U.S. office.(INDUSTRY FOREFRONT)
December 1, 2006... WERIL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, the Brazilian company whose instruments are sold in over 60 countries, has opened a new office in the United States, with Sergio Rocha as sales manager and Juliano Diniz as marketing manager. The two men had been...

Strong September lifts Kaman Music 3rd qtr. results.(Industry FOREFRONT)
December 1, 2006... KAMAN MUSIC CORP. reported third quarter operating income of $3.8 million for 2006, compared to $3.4 million in the third quarter of 2005. Net sales for the period were $55.5 million, including $14.1 million from the August 2005 acquisition of...

Paul Stanley rejoins Washburn artist roster.(FLASH)
December 1, 2006... WASHBURN GUITARS HAS rejoined forces with Paul Stanley of KISS. Stanley and Washburn will be working together to design an extensive line of signature guitars and accessories. The Paul Stanley collection will include everything from entry-level...

Conn-Selmer strike causes loss at Steinway.(Steinway)
December 1, 2006... A PROTRACTED LABOR STRIKE at Steinway's Conn-Selmer factory in Elkhart, Indiana adversely affected the company's third quarter results. Revenues decreased 5% for the quarter, to $91 million, due to the loss of an estimated $6.8 million in band...

Sam Ash Music opens in Atlanta: anticipates two to five new store openings per year.(RETAILER UPDATE)
December 1, 2006... A NEWLY OPENED 22,000-square-foot location represents Sam Ash Music's first foray into Atlanta, the eighth largest market area in the U.S. Located on the Cobb Parkway, the new store is adjacent to the thriving Cumberland Mall and less than a...

Yamaha honors top sales performances.(Creative Salesmanship)
December 1, 2006... YAMAHA'S PIANO DIVISION recently honored Judy Hanley of Piano Distributors in Melbourne, Florida, and Terri Sunderland of Lentine's Music in Akron, Ohio, with awards for their exemplary involvement with the Clavinova Connection recreational...

Los Angeles Mayor honors West L.A. Music.(RETAILER UPDATE)
December 1, 2006... WEST L.A. MUSIC was recently honored by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa for contributions to the City of Los Angeles Community Development Department. West L.A. Music, in cooperation with the Mayor's office and the Los Angeles...

Guitar Center net drops 21% in challenging retail climate.
December 1, 2006... A SOFT RETAIL CLIMATE coupled with higher-than-planned promotional costs adversely affected earnings at Guitar Center for the third quarter ended September 30, 2006. Sales for the period advanced 12.3% to $472.8 million, versus $421.1 million a...

2nd Annual Physicians Talent Showcase.(Steinway Piano Gallery)
December 1, 2006... MORE THAN 300 people attended the Second Annual Physicians Talent Showcase held October 17 at the Sugden Theatre in Naples, Florida. The 11 performing physicians included classical and jazz pianists, a surfer guitarist, a ballroom dancer, a...

Stop improving and the competition will catch up! Big or small, you have to keep moving forward to survive. Rather than attempting to go toe-to-toe with larger rivals, try ignoring them and focusing on your unique strengths.(BOB POPYK ON SELLING)
December 1, 2006... I saw a report the other evening on CNN on how to outsmart your retail competition, particularly those stores whose main marketing concept is price. The report said that price isn't everything. Other things enter the equation, such as selection...

Figuring out China: the Music China trade show continues to draw foreigners in record numbers, but everyone is finding that getting traction in the local market is a struggle.(REPORT FROM CHINA)
December 1, 2006... Five years ago the Shanghai Music Fair opened for business with the promise of giving manufacturers around the world an opportunity to tap into the music market in the world's most populous country. For many foreign manufacturers the prospect...

Making sense of China's emerging retail music scene: from slick to primitive, Shanghai's music retailers run the full gamut.(REPORT FROM CHINA)
December 1, 2006... Shanghai is not your typical Chinese city. In fact, it's one of the country's largest, with a population of 15 million, it has more skyscrapers than any other city in the world, and it is also home to some of the most expensive shopping...

How to make January a huge sales month: with some advance planning you can avoid the "post holiday" sales slump and turn the weeks immediately following Christmas into a business bonanza!(CREATIVE RETAILING)
December 1, 2006... Ah, the holidays, It's almost magical. Customers lining up to purchase those one-of-a-kind gifts of music for that special someone. If you listen closely, you can almost hear holiday bells ringing in time with the ring of the cash register....

Measuring the world market: what are the factors that prompt some countries to spend more than others on music and audio gear? Is it economics, demographics, or social factors? Data in the following pages offers tantalizing clues.(Global MARKETS)
December 1, 2006... Global spending on the broad family of products that we refer to as the music products industry rose 4.3% to $17.8 billion in 2005, compared with $17.1 billion the previous year. Although $17 billion is not an insignificant number, in the...

How the industry's biggest players stack up: ranking the world's 225 largest music products companies by sales volume provides a unique snapshot of the global industry and how it is changing.(225 Largest Music & Audio Firms)(Industry overview)
December 1, 2006... The diversity of the world's music products business is on graphic display in the ranking of the world's top 225 companies that appears on the following pages. Hailing from 27 different countries these enterprises have little in common aside...

225 largest music & audio firms.
December 1, 2006... 225 Largest Music & Audio Firms RANK ESTIMATED 2005 EMPLOYEE 05 04 COMPANY REVENUES COUNT 1 1...

Where to find them: a top 225 directory.(225 Largest Music & Audio Firms)(Directory)(Company overview)
December 1, 2006... Adam Hall GmbH www.adamhall.com Manufacturer and distributor of hardware for flightcases and loudspeaker speaker enclosures, cable systems, and audio tools. Distributor for Eminence speakers, SKB cases, Fane Acoustics, Palmer,...

Investing in the "right methods": celebrating its 50th anniversary, Pearl River piano opens a showcase wood processing plant that sets high standards for quality and efficiency and signals the Chinese company's ambitions for world leadership.(Global MARKETS)(Company overview)
December 1, 2006... It's easy to make a case that the piano business is not a fast-paced industry. After all, the instruments built today have more than a passing resemblance to the first piano crafted 300 years ago by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence, Italy....

Bill Mendello assumes chairman post at Fender.(PEOPLE)
December 1, 2006... WILLIAM "BILL" MENDELLO has been appointed the new chairman of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, succeeding the late Bill Schultz. The appointment by the Board of Directors was unanimous. Mendello will now hold the concurrent roles of...

Industry vets expand sales management team.(Loud Technologies)
December 1, 2006... LOUD TECHNOLOGIES HAS appointed three industry veterans to key domestic sales positions. Alex Nelson joins the company as vice-president, key accounts; Dan Gallagher joins as vice-president, national accounts; and Scott Schumer joins as...

Potosky, Kellom named vice-presidents.(Crown International)
December 1, 2006... AT CROWN INTERNATIONAL Scott Potosky has been promoted to vice-president of engineering, and Marc Kellom has been promoted to vice-president of marketing. Mark Graham, Crown president, announced the promotions and commented, "Both Scott...

Scott Lombardo named national sales manager.(Fishman Transducers)
December 1, 2006... SCOTT LOMBARDO HAS joined Fishman Transducers as national sales manager. His responsibilities include retail sales and support efforts with the company's strategic dealer partners across the United States. Lombardo has spent over 20 years...

Catherine Polk to head marketing.(Musicorp)
December 1, 2006... Catherine Polk has been promoted to director of marketing at Musicorp. She will now lead the company's Marketing Department, a creative team that internally develops catalogs, advertising, websites, promotions, trade shows, and special...

Diana Cecchini named sr. director of finance.(Korg)
December 1, 2006... Diana Cecchini has been promoted to senior director of finance at Korg USA. She has been with Korg for the past 16 years--most recently as corporate controller--directing all aspects of accounting and financial reporting for the company and...

Knox heads Pro Stage sales effort.(PEOPLE)
December 1, 2006... James Knox has been appointed to the newly created position of national sales director at Pro Stage Gear, LLC, in Nashville. He will direct U.S. sales for the full line of Pro Stage Gear and PedalTrain branded products. Knox was most recently...

M-Audio shipping guitar box production system.(PRODUCT NEWS)
December 1, 2006... M-Audio is now shipping of its new GuitarBox and GuitarBox Pro complete music production systems for guitarists. Both systems combine two award-winning products--the M-Audio Black Box and Pro Tools M-Powered software. Both also feature a...

Alesis twin CD backup & copy system.(PRODUCT NEWS)
December 1, 2006... The CD twin LE from Alesis is a stand-alone audio and data CD duplicator that gives home users the same ability as recording studios and musicians: the ability to affordably back up, store, and copy content from all popular CD formats at the...

MB series bass amps.(Marshall Amplification)
December 1, 2006... Marshall amplification has launched its MB Series Bass Amplifiers. Consisting of two models, the MB15 and MB30, the new series is ideal for rehearsal, recording, jamming, or small gigs. These compact, rugged amps capture the essence of the...

New marching drums unveiled at PASIC.(Peace Musical)
December 1, 2006... Peace musical company unveiled lacquer-finish marching drums at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Austin, Texas, in November. Joining Peace's wrapped marching drums, the new lacquered varieties, named the Parade...

PianoDisc offers two new player piano music formats.(PRODUCT NEWS)
December 1, 2006... PianoDisc has introduced two new music formats for its player piano systems. Called Original Artist PianoSync and PianoDisc Creator, they provide a live piano accompaniment to the most popular audio CDs of major recording artists. Original...

The Simpsons line expanded.(St. Louis Music Accessories)
December 1, 2006... St. Louis Music accessories, a division of Loud Technologies, has added to its exclusive line of The Simpsons Musical Accessories. This line of products is produced by Grover Allman, Australian manufacturer and the worldwide distributor of all...

New "Spark" cables look like spark plugs.(Core One Creative)
December 1, 2006... Core One Creative has unveiled a new design in its Bullet cable line, inspired by the southern California car culture: the "Spark" cable, with a retail price of $139 (MAP $54.99). The Spark cable's precision-machined chrome straight...

Nylon-stringed Viridis guitar.(DeMars)
December 1, 2006... DeMars guitars will introduce the nylon-stringed classical version of its groundbreaking Viridis guitar at the 2007 NAMM Winter Show in Anaheim (booth 1506). Dan DeMars, head of the company, explained, "At last year's NAMM launch of the...

New Kaplan gold-plated E string for violin.(D'Addario)
December 1, 2006... D'Addario's new Kaplan gold-plated E string for violin is available in loop or ball end. The new string is made to exceptionally rigid manufacturing tolerances. The company starts with a high carbon steel string and applies superior quality...

Ergonomic Burrell headstock aids intonation.(PRODUCT NEWS)
December 1, 2006... A cure for common wrist tuning strain is found in the new headstock arrangement of Burrell guitars. Players no longer have to reach under for the G, B, and E strings, and 12-string tuning is a snap. Two rows of three bass-side tuners that...

Spider amp series expanded.(Line 6)
December 1, 2006... Line 6 has expanded its popular Spider amplifier series with the Spider III line, offering perfectly dialed-in sounds with 200 incredible artist presets created by over two dozen of today's hottest bands and guitarists. Along with artist tones,...

Kempton speakers and power amps.(FBT)
December 1, 2006... FBT Electronica of Recanati, Italy, and its U.S. subsidiary, FBT USA, have introduced a new pro audio line, the Kempton Pro Audio speakers and power amplifiers. The new line was designed and engineered by FBT in Italy and is backed by the...

Lightweight F-Bass introduced.(Morgan Monroe)
December 1, 2006... THE F-BASS FROM Morgan Monroe has a warm, woody, double-bass-like amplified tone sure to appeal to the most hardcore traditionalist. Its an lightweight construction, classic hollow body, easy-to-play fast neck give bass players a unique sound,...

Buzz Kill dampening system, Safe 'N' Sound earplugs.(Vater Percussion)
December 1, 2006... VATER PERCUSSION HAS introduced two new products: the Buzz Kill dampening system and Safe 'N' Sound earplugs. The Vater Buzz Kill is an easy-to-use dampening system designed to control unwanted over-ring and tone from drums and cymbals....

Portable Traveler II Symphonic music stand.(Hamilton Stands)
December 1, 2006... HAMILTON STANDS HAS unveiled the new Traveler II, a value-priced portable Symphonic music stand and carrying bag combination. Comprising the company's KB990BL World Product music stand and an improved KB14 carrying bag, the new Traveler II ed...

GT20 20-watt amplifier system.(Guytron)
December 1, 2006... GUYTRON HAS UNVEILED the GT20 amplifier system. "This is not your grandfather's 20-watter," said a Guy Hedrick, Guytron's founder and chief designer. "This is a totally new approach. The GT20 is a feature-rich guitar amplifier based on our...

Andino by Rossi student clarinet.(Gemstone)
December 1, 2006... GEMSTONE MUSICAL instruments has introduced its first offering from the Andino Clarinet Division. This instrument is the result of a collaboration between Luis Rossi, an internationally known clarinet virtuoso and maker of handcrafted...

MDR-7509HD pro headphones boast wide frequency response.(Sony)
December 1, 2006... SONY'S RECENTLY INTRODUCED MDR-7509HD professional headphones have been developed to meet the closed-type monitoring needs of audio professionals working with higher resolution digital audio recording and playback gear. They are also designed...

Light, portable airplay powered p.a.(Kustom Professional Audio)
December 1, 2006... KUSTOM PROFESSIONAL AUDIO has a complete powered p.a. loudspeaker system that is light and portable while still providing professional, flexible features. The new Kustom Airplay system features three channels, bi-amplification, multiple input...

Gator's G-Tour case line.(PRODUCT NEWS)
December 1, 2006... GATOR HAS INTRODUCED a new series in the G-Tour line, the G-Tour Shock Racks. These tour-style 19" flight cases are built for the road with 9mm plywood construction with a PVC exterior. The interior has compressed polyethylene shock-absorbing...

Shadow pickups on Lakewood guitars.(PRODUCT NEWS)
December 1, 2006... A SHADOW pickup system is now available on Lakewood guitars. The system contains a Nanoflex pickup in the bridge, and the new Nanomag magnetic pickup in the fingerboard. The preamp is powered by two 3V cell batteries and has a balance control,...

Pianoforce enters player market with new universal retrofit: solving installation problems with a single model that works on all pianos.(PRODUCT NEWS)
December 1, 2006... PIANOFORCE LLC HAS entered the player piano system retrofit market. The company has been in the player piano market for over ten years as a supplier of components to other companies and as an OEM supplier. Barnabas Fekete, Pianoforce president,...

Alpha Desktop Recording Studio.(Lexicon Pro)
December 1, 2006... LEXICON PRO UNVEILED a new USB desktop recording solution, the Alpha Desktop Recording Studio, at the AES Convention in San Francisco. The Alpha system includes everything needed for portable, professional recordings including the Alpha Studio...

New tuners and metronome.(Yamaha B&O)
December 1, 2006... TWO NEW TUNERS and a new metronome have been introduced by Yamaha's Band & Orchestral Division: the TD-5BK and TD-100 chromatic tuners and the ME-150BK digital quartz metronome. The TD-5BK and TD-100 chromatic tuners feature a unique...

Women can work at night.(100 Years Ago)
December 1, 2006... The Court of Special Sessions in New York City has ruled that the legislature has no right to abridge or restrict the working hours of a women. The opinion was handed down in the case of People vs. David Williams, proprietor of a piano supply...

How to sell sheet music.(75 Years Ago)
December 1, 2006... The Homer L. Kitt Music Company of Washington carries more sheet music than any other store in the city. They believe that the five-and-dime stores have the right idea when it comes to merchandising sheet music. Get it out on the main aisles...

Play now, buy later.(50 Years Ago)
December 1, 2006... For the first time, a band instrument manufacturer has made it possible for the consumer to buy its products through dealers on a time-payment basis. C.G. Conn has introduced a new time-payment plan, whereby anyone wishing to buy a Conn...

D'Addario enters violin string market.(25 Years Ago)
December 1, 2006... J. D'Addario & Co. has become a name virtuously synonymous with guitar strings. With the acquisition of the Kaplan Musical String Company, the company is returning to its roots, entering the violin string market. The D'Addario family first...

Beware of the internet.(10 Years Ago)
December 1, 2006... "At present, manufacturers need retailers to bridge that local customer gap, but if retailers stupidly introduce customers to manufacturers via the internet, we retailers are no longer needed. It is naive to think that relationships would...

NAMM's new headquarters.(10 Years Ago)
December 1, 2006... Groundbreaking ceremonies for NAMM's new building in Carlsbad, California, were conducted by Warner Paige, NAMM chairman, and Larry Linkin, CEO. Linkin stated, "The new facility is designed to be 'industry friendly' from the ground up. The plan...

Preface.
December 1, 2006... Now in its 109th printing, The Purchaser's Guide to the Music Industries remains the single authoritative source book for the music and audio industries. Think of it as a self-contained search engine, free from viruses and technical problems,...

Music & sound product index.
December 1, 2006... Companies listed in the Music & Sound Section are cross-referenced by product category in the following index. For more information on each company, refer to the listings in the Music & Sound Section, which begins on page 40. SOUND...

Music & sound.(1REASON, INC./101 MUSICIAN-CANNONBALL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)(Directory)
December 1, 2006... SUPPLIERS OF: amplifiers, band & orchestral products; cases; DJ products; fretted instruments; percussion products; recording equipment; sound reinforcement equipment; synthesizers & related MIDI and electronic music products; karaoke hardware;...

Music & sound.(CANOPUS CO., LTD-GALAXIAS INSTRUMENTS LTD. (LIEN VIOLINS))(Directory)
December 1, 2006... CANOPUS CO., LTD.--2-3-16 Takaido Higashi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0072, Japan. Email: sales@cano.pusdrums.com. Web: www.canopus.com Contact: Shinichi Usuda. CANVAS GUITARS--295 Brea Canyon Road, Walnut, California 91789. Telephone: (909)...

Music & sound.(GALAXY AUDIO-KIMA MUSIC PRODUCTS CORPORATION)(Directory)
December 1, 2006... GALAXY AUDIO--601 East Pawnee, Wichita, Kansas 67211. Telephone: (316) 263-2852. Toll-free telephone: 800-369-7768. Fax: (316) 263-0642. Email: webmaster@galaxyaudio.com. Web: www.galgaxyaudio.com. Contact: Brock Jabara. Manufacturer of...

Music & sound.(KING AMPLIFICATION-ORANGE COUNTY DRUMS)(Directory)
December 1, 2006... KING AMPLIFICATION--741 East Brokaw Road, San Jose, California 95112. Telephone: (408) 436-12458. Email: val@kingamplification.com. Web: www.kingamplification.com. Contact: Val King All-tube hand-wired amplification. The company offers...

Music & sound.(ORIGINAL ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENT CO.-SOUND KING ELECTRONIC CABLE)(Directory)
December 1, 2006... ORIGINAL ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENT CO.--The Gibson Bluegrass Showcase, 161 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37214. Toll-free telephone: 877-258-3477. Fax: (615) 154-2240. Email: info@gibson.com. Web: www.gibson.com/products/oai. ...