Oral History

George Westjohn

George Westjohn was hired by Lowell Samuels to oversee the expansion of Mr. Samuels’ interests in the wholesale music business. Mr. Samuels, a...

Stephen Yu

Stephen Yu pioneered conga making in Thailand before it was common and popular. He also created a long list of items, beginning with guitars, for a...

Yoshiharu Abe

Yoshiharu Abe is known as the father of personal multi-track recording in the audio engineering field. He was one of the five founders of...

David Abell

David L. Abell formed his piano retail store in Beverly Hills back in the late 1950s. Since that time he has established one of the...

Ken Achard

Ken Achard played such an important part of the industry that he was asked to write a book. The book entitled “The Peavey...

Antonio Acosta

Tony Acosta had a dream to make the world’s finest classical guitar strings. He began working nights to perfect his product and...

Hawley Ades

Hawley Ades was hired by Irving Berlin in 1932 to assist the legendary American songwriter with musical arrangements. Hawley stayed with Berlin...

Henry Adler

Henry Adler helped define the percussion industry with his music publishing company, drum shop and method books. His amazing life in music...

Takehiko Akaboshi

Takehiko Akaboshi, the legendary Japanese music therapist and founder of the world renowned Japan Music Volunteer Association, began his career...

Joy Akerman

Joy Akerman was one of the first volunteers in NAMM’s Museum of Making Music docent programs back in 1999. Over the years, she...

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