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Racking Up Better Profits: A Point Here, A Point There…

Allen McBroom
Sen. Everett Dirksen is credited with describing uncontrolled government spending by saying, “A billion here, a billion there and, pretty soon, you’re talking real money.” The esteemed gentleman from Illinois was making the point that a little money,...

Tracking Incomplete Industry Data

Dan Vedda
I like to follow our industry statistics: number of storefronts, violin imports, sales totals and similar data. I find it problematic because, often, it reads like a chamber of commerce blurb used to attract businesses to a city. We, as an industry, ...
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‘Heid’ and Seek

Michelle Loeb
Todd Heid, President, and DeDe Heid, ExecutiveVice President Heid Music has been an integral part of Wisconsin’s music community for three generations, having been owned and operated by the Heid family since 1948. The store that Peter Heid first ...
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Taylor Guitars’ Redesigned 700 Series

Dan Ferrisi
Taylor Guitars is a company whose legacy stretches back to 1974, when Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug joined forces after having met at a guitar shop called, quite appropriately, American Dream. Since then, the company has become renowned and universall...

Super-Sensitive Contributes To Music Education

Dan Ferrisi
McIntosh Middle School Music Director Leiland Theriot and Super-Sensitive Musical String Co.’s Jim Cavanaugh. Super-Sensitive Musical String Co. has strong ties within the Sarasota FL community in which its corporate offices are located. That’s w...

September 2016 Digital Edition

Staff
COVER STORIES Gifts Unwrapped Although it might only be September, savvy retailers know that late summer/early autumn is the season to prepare for the holiday sales rush, when demand reaches a fever pitch and retailers make a large portion of t...
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JHS Appoints Paul Smith To Operations Director

Dan Ferrisi
JHS has appointed Paul Smith to the newly created position of Operations Director. The new role will encompass overall, board-level responsibility for the company’s sales and marketing departments, in addition to Smith’s present responsibiliti...
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SLM Expands Partnership With Latin Percussion

Dan Ferrisi
St. Louis Music is expanding its selection of products by percussion brand Latin Percussion. Along with a wider spectrum of products, SLM is also offering Latin Percussion at improved pricing. “We are very proud and happy to broaden our rel...