Strings, picks, cases, stands, cables, and essential accessories for musicians.
IMS Technologies, an MI fundraiser housing cancer patients and their famillies, introduces BLOWiT Fans and adds to their line of Charactune Tuners. BLOWiT Fans are low-profile and can clamp onto drum hardware or…
On-Stage a new line of band & orchestra care accessories assortment includes everything from brass/woodwind swabs, brushes and cleaning kits; to cork grease and valve oil. The accessory line adds…
Planet Waves by D’Addario has announced their new NS Micro Soundhole Tuner. Designed specifically for acoustic guitar, ukulele, and other acoustic instruments, the chromatic NS Micro Soundhole Tuner remains concealed…
D’Addario is set to expand their acoustic string line, announcing the brand new uncoated Nickel Bronze series. Nickel Bronze strings feature a combination of nickel-plated phosphor bronze wrapped around a…
Perri’s are delighted to introduce their new Hootenanny Guitar Straps. These retro straps have been created with the high degree of attention to artistic design, detail, and comfort that has come to…
The connection between music and non-traditional gender identities, aka LGBT, goes back decades, if not centuries. The arts in general have been havens for a much broader spectrum of self-identification,…
After almost eight years of reading MMR, I admit to feeling somewhat left out. There is such a thing as a “nylon-strung” guitar, traditionally (and erroneously) referred to as a…
The people at Kawai certainly possess a passion for pianos. After all, it’s been their stock and trade for nearly 90 years, and beyond steady sales and customer appreciation they…
Guitar and bass accessory suppliers chime in on market trends. Accessory sales tend to do well even when other product is moving slowly — largely because of price. Can’t pull the…
In this survey of over 200 MI retailers, MMR aims to get a sense for what trends are driving cable sales in 2016. With nearly 90 percent reporting sales that…
US guitar component specialist Graph Tech has introduced two new additions to its portfolio. The Resomax Sonic 1 Tailpiece is a lightweight, high strength one-piece wrap around bridge, designed as…
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) and representatives from its membership will traveled to Sacramento to join arts leaders and music educators to ask members of the California Assembly…
