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High End Piano Guy at NAMM

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Eric

I’m giving a presentation at NAMM this year in LOUNGE 88, in the piano area. Here’s the link NAMM is, as you probably know, the big musical instrument/products industry trade show, held in Anaheim California, every January. Continue reading →

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2010 NAMM part 1 – Overview

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Eric

NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) is the big musical instrument industry trade show. Technically it’s held twice a year, but the big show is every January in Anaheim, California. Anybody and everybody connected with the musical products industry shows … Continue reading →

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2010 NAMM part 2 Bösendorfer

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Eric

Bosendorfer, in the past, has used NAMM to show some beautiful examples of our cabinet design skills and veneer work. However with business being slow and space smaller, it made more sense to show instruments that have more immediate sales … Continue reading →

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2010 NAMM part 3 Yamaha CFX

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Eric

Yamaha has had a high end “craft built” line for a number of years and has been a very serious builder of concert pianos for decades. The concert grand, the CFIII (CF3) has undergone a number of iterations and experiments, … Continue reading →

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2010 NAMM part 4 – Bösendorfer and Yamaha

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Eric

So now you have a major Japanese piano maker with a proven high end approach owning and taking marketing and sales responsibility for a 180 year old Austrian maker of what is generally referred to as one of the worlds … Continue reading →

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NAMM 2009

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Eric

Namm has come and gone. We did something completely different this year by not showing at NAMM in our customary large booth with nice lighting, Viennese coffee and champagne. Instead we hosted our dealers at the very nice Le Merigot … Continue reading →

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NAMM Notes part 1

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Eric

It’s been a busy January. The big annual Musical Instrument Industry trade show NAMM descended on us again, as usual at the Anaheim Convention center outside Los Angeles. I don’t have hard numbers but traffic seemed definitely down…hey, it’s been … Continue reading →

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