In Memoriam

Remembering oral history interviewees who passed away in 2010.

John Beltrandi

John Beltrandi served as a road rep for Kaman Music on the east coast for over 40 years. He traveled mostly in Massachusetts and Connecticut and...

Margaret Levin

Marge Levin was the secret behind the great success of Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center in Maryland, a fact Mr. Levin was proud to admit....

Art Van Damme

Art Van Damme became one of the biggest stars of the 1950s with a 15-minute radio and TV program, a noted role in the NBC orchestra, and many...

Jake Hanna

Jake Hanna was the epitome of what a big band drummer is all about. Jake started playing drums at five in a drum corps in the Boston area. He...

Herbert Newton

Herbert Newton opened his piano store in 1939, a few years after becoming a piano tuner in the Norfolk area. Back in the beginning of the store,...

Martha Markowitz

Martha Markowitz married her knight-in-shining-armor right after World War II. She soon helped him run the small organ company he started before the...

Ed Thigpen

Ed Thigpen, known as Mr. Taste for his remarkable touch and feel as an innovative drummer, had a few (hundred) tricks up his musical sleeves when it...

NAMM 2010 Industry Tribute

A tribute to the members of our industry who passed in 2009.

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