Oral History

Kyle Barker

Kyle Barker began working in the piano retail industry in 1969 when the Sherman & Clay Piano Company in Northern California hired him. Five...

Chuck Barnhouse

Chuck Barnhouse is the third generation to own and operate the C. L. Barnhouse Publishing Company. His grandfather established the firm in 1886 and...

Andrew Barta

Andrew Barta was born in Hungary and came to the United States with a dream of working in the music industry. Having been in rock bands in Europe,...

Dave Bartholomew

Dave Bartholomew is a noted bandleader, trumpeter, and songwriter who captured a pioneering sound known as the “big beat” of rock and...

Peter Bartkus

Peter Bartkus grew up in Rockford, Illinois and was proud to establish a music shop there in the early 1950s. True Tone Music became a hub for...

William and Patricia Bartolini

William and Patricia Bartolini are among the world’s foremost experts on the science of acoustics. Their early publications on the...

Jane Bastien

Jane Smisor Bastien together with her husband James Bastien, wrote the best-selling Bastien Piano Methods enjoyed by millions of students and...

Mike Battle

Mike Battle invented the Echoplex, the pioneering electric effects device, which played a vital role in the early development of the rock and roll...

Winfried Baumbach

Winfried Baumbach came to represent the German musical instrument industry beginning in the 1980s. As the managing director of the European Music...

Scott Baxendale

Scott Baxendale is a noted guitar luthier who has crafted a unique career based on his own style of guitar building that echoes several of his...

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