GOLIATH - Music Inc. Magazine

EVENT
Petrof Goes to Mexico
Petrof U.S.A. recently provided a
two-day technical seminar in partnership
with its largest dealer in
Mexico City, Pianos y Organos. Open
to technicians from the U.S. border to
Acapulco, Mexico, the seminar was
led by Paul Rea, Petrof’s national
service manager. He provided a comprehensive
training course to 60 attendees,
covering such techniques as
regulation, key brushing and voicing.
At the end of the event, all technicians
were awarded certificates and a Petrof
service manual. {petrof.com}
PARTNERSHIP
JamHub Goes Direct
Direct Sound has partnered with
BreezSong, maker of JamHub, to offer
Essential Headphone Kits
to complement the
JamHub BedRoom,
GreenRoom and TourBus
systems. The color-coded
headphones will provide
matching impedance and
fidelity so that all players will have an
equal monitor mix. The headphone
kits will be available this summer.
{extremeheadphones.com}
PROMOTION
Uke Video Contest
Eleuke, makers of solid body electric
ukuleles, will give away
$15,000 in cash prizes as part of an
Eleuke video contest. The grand prize
winner will be awarded $5,000. Other
prizes will be given out in a range of
categories, from beginning uke player
to ukulele virtuoso. The contest will
run from June 1 through Oct. 31.
{eleukeusa.com}
DISTRIBUTION
D’Addario Delivers Dare
D
’Addario and Dare Music Group,
an Austin, Texas-based musical
instrument and guitar aftermarket
product company, have made a distribution
agreement for Dare’s
new product, the O-Port.
This small guitar
device enhances the
sound of acoustic
guitars without the
use of electronics.
The O-Port will be
sold in music stores
worldwide as an aftermarket
self-installation device. It’s
available in two sizes that fit in most
acoustic guitars. {daddario.com}
26 I MUSIC INC. I JUNE 2010
YOUNG CHANG I EVENTS
A pproximately
100 music teachers,
piano technicians, dealers
and church music players were
invited to the Marriott Hotel in
Norwalk, Calif., on April 22 to see
the unveiling of Young Chang North
America’s new piano lines.
Guests were treated to a performance
by Mario Merdirossian, a
music professor at the Music
Conservatory of Buenos Aires in
Argentina. He played on the Young
Chang AW 275 piano.
New vertical and grand pianos
designed by Del Fandrich, an international
piano designer, were also
shown. The vertical 112 and 114 mod-
GIBSON GUITARS I FINANCIAL
GIBSON’S TAX TANGLE
The Internal Revenue Service
filed a lien against Gibson Guitar
for $445,994 in unpaid corporate
and payroll taxes dating back to
2006, according to an April 14 article
in The Nashville Post.
In a statement issued by Gibson,
the company said multiple errors
were made in the returns by its previous
outside independent tax and
auditing firm.
“The company is currently
amending each of these returns and
believes that, once amended returns
Inside Young Chang’s
product launch
CHANG’S PIANO PUSH
els have new string scales and soundboard
designs that include new tenor
and bass bridges, as well as longer
back scales through the bass. They
also feature enhanced bass and a better
tone balance throughout the scale.
Hyundai Development Corp.
acquired Young Chang in 2006 and
provided capital for the piano maker
to renovate its production facilities
and improve its products.
“Young Chang is going into a new
phase with the new decade, new
dealers and new products, and it is
very exciting to us,” said Young
Chang President Vincent Choi.
{youngchang.com}
The guitar maker
is working with
the IRS to amend
old tax returns
are filed, substantial tax refunds will
be due and that any penalties or
interest claimed due will be abated,”
read a statement issued by Gibson.
{gibson.com}