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The Annual Tribute- A Community Comes Together

A first NAMM Show experience is pretty powerful—aside from the countless products and people, there is a warm family feeling present. You see...
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Majeski Family Donates Decades of Back Issues

The Majeski Family has donated decades of Music Trades back issues to the NAMM Resource Center. Courtesy of Paul and Brian Majeski, the Resource...
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From a Blank Page to a Wealth of Knowledge

The journeys to get Oral History interviews include valuable talks about long since-closed companies. When NAMM Historian Dan Del Fiorentino...
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Ray Erlandson's Grandson Donates Personal Papers to NAMM Resource Center

My name is Scott Erlandson and my grandfather served on the NAMM Board and as President in the 1950s.  My grandpa's entire life was dedicated to...
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George Gruhn Receives NAMM Oral History Service Award

The NAMM Oral History program has enjoyed the support, dedication and time of many people within our industry who have supplied us with ideas,...
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Peter Suzuki Donates Personal Papers

Mr. Peter Suzuki, whose career spans important and extensive roles with Steinway and Yamaha, has donated his published writings on the piano...
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Retail Stores in Action!

Retail Stores in Action Visits with retailers remind us of the passion for music. To see a real love for music in action every day, look no further...
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Donate Your Historical Items to the NAMM Resource Center

Do You Have Interesting Historical Pieces? Consider Donating to the NAMM Resource Center We are always looking to add memorabilia to our...
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1500 and Counting!

 The Oral History Program logs 1,500 industry interviews. With this exciting number of interviews reached, Resource Center Librarian/Historian...
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35 Interviews Completed in June 2010

Thirty-five Interviews Completed in June! With a trip to the NAMM Summer Show in Nashville, the Music Publishers Association meeting in New York and...

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