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• NEW, DIGITAL VERSION

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  Show Reports:NASMD ConventionMusikmesse 2010RPMDA Convention

  46th annual

  Company ListingsTrade Associations & SocietiesProduct SourcesBrand NamesAnd Much More..

  SupplierDirectory

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  You no longer have to be a Photoshop expert to create perfect photos!- 'Text & Stickers” tools: A Drag&Drop tool to let your imagination run wild. Inpixio photo editor for mac download.

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• Over the last 20 years we have soughtto build the best pianos possible.Today, Hailun Pianos are recognized among

  the finest sounding, best engineered, and best

  crafted instruments from the Far

  East. With the help of leading

  experts and piano

  designers, Frank Emerson

  (U.S.A), Peter Veletzky (Austria),

  Ema Shigeru (Japan), Stephen

  Paulello (France), we are offering

  you pianos that are truly amazing.

  Hailun Piano Company is family run.Mrs. Hailun heads the HailunPiano operations and quality

  control. Mr. Hailun leadsthe company internation-

  ally, ensures constant tech-nological improvementsand close technologicalcooperation with leadingEuropean manufactur-ers. The Hailuns are bothgraduates of the PianoTechnology School in

  Bejing. Hailun insists on the highestlevel of quality, integrity in product, andexcellence in service.

  Mrs. Faye Chen Mr. Hailun Chen

  Hailun USAP. O. Box 1130Richland, WA 99352

  8779468078www.hailun-pianos.com

  Merchant Inquiries Welcome

  I N T E G R I T Y S E R V I C E Q U A L I T Y

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• 2 MMR MAY 2010

  Features

  MAY 2010 VOL.169 NO. 5 Contents20

  28

  32

  www.MMRmagazine.com

  4 Editorial6 Upfront14 People187 New Products

  192 Supplier Scene193 Classifi eds199 Advertisers Index

  Departments

  20 Show Report: Musikmesse 2009MMR reports from Frankfurt, where record numbers (over 79,000 visitors and over 1,500 exhibitors) spoke both to the shows continued prominence, as well as a rebounding global economy.

  28 NASMD Convention ReportThe National Association of School Music Dealers Convention, held this year in Hilton Head, N.C., also provided encouraging signs for the industry, with num-bers up from last year and a palpable sense of optimism amongst attendees.

  32 Convention Report: RPMDAMMR travelled to Oklahoma City where, from April 15-17, print retailers and music store owners gathered with music publishers from around the world for the 2010 RPMDA Convention.

  Cover design by Laurie Chesna.

  46th annual MMR

  SupplierDirectory38 Company Listings123 Trade Associations & Societies

  125 Product Sources157 Brand Names

  MMR Musical Merchandise Review (ISSN 0027-4615) founded in 1879, is published monthly by Symphony Publishing, LLC, 21 Highland Circle, Suite 1, Needham, MA 02494 (781)453-9310, publisher of School Band and Orchestra, Choral Director, Music Parents America and JazzEd. All titles are federally registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Symphony Publishing, LLC. Subscription Rates: U.S.A., US possessions, one year $32; two years $40. Canada one year $80; all other countries one year $159. Single issues $5 each. May Supplier Directory $35. Periodical-Rate Postage Paid at Boston, MA and additional mailing offi ces. Ride a-long mail enclosed. POSTMASTER/SUBSCRIBERS: Send address change to Musical Merchandise Review, P.O. Box 8548, Lowell, MA 01853. Periodicals circulation is directed to music dealers and retailers, wholesalers and distributors, importers and exporters and manufacturers of all types of musical instruments and their accessories, related electronic sound equipment, general musical accessories, musical publications and teaching aides. The publishers of this magazine do not accept responsibility for statements made by their advertisers in business competion. No portion of this issue may be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Copyright 2010 by Symphony Publishing, LLC, all rights reserved. Printed in USA.

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• With its sleek, frequency-agile transmitter and one button channel setting, the technology behind AirLine Synth gives you easy setup and clear reception every time. Best of all, it stays out of your way. So you can focus on what matters most your performance.

  XML RPC Client is a Developer Tool that allows you to access and debug XML-RPC web services from the comfort of your desktop. How to use XML RPC Client: Type in the desired XML-RPC Endpoint URL. Type in the specific desired XML-RPC function to call. XML-RPC Client is a Cocoa-based developer tool for Mac OS X that allows you.the params for your XML - RPC function call using.for all of the XML - RPC datatypes (including array. One of the most popular implementations of XML-RPC was the so-called Helma XML-RPC libraries, which have since been donated to the Apache Software Foundation as Apache XML-RPC. Like all Apache libraries and projects, Apache XML-RPC is free, open source, and runs well on Mac OS X. Xml rpc client for mac pro. XML-RPC Client is a free Cocoa-based developer tool for Mac OS X Tiger that allows you to access and debug XML-RPC web services from the comfort of your desktop. Using XML-RPC Client is insanely. XML-RPC Client is a Cocoa-based developer tool for Mac OS X that allows you to access and debug XML-RPC web services from the comfort of your desktop. Main features: - Type in the desired XML-RPC Endpoint URL. Type in the specific desired XML-RPC function to call. Now the interesting part.

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• Editorial

  4 MMR MAY 2010

  Volume 169, Number 5, May 2010

  sdavis@ symphonypublishing.com

  Thats Another Fine Mess Youve Gotten Me Into

  Rarely a day passes when NAMMs Scott Robertsons Your Daily News newsletter does not carry an item relating to a school music program struggling to survive a district or state budget shortfall. Whether its little Rhody looking at a possible $38 million reduction in school services or Texas facing a 5 percent decrease to offset a $4.3 billion budget gap, the arts and electives continue to remain on the back burner regardless of party affi liation. In 2002 the Bush administration introduced No Child Left Behind which, in summary, affected what students were taught, which tests they must take, and the way money is spent on education. Many critics termed it a one size fi ts all approach to education that emphasizes testing in reading and math without much regard for elective courses such as music and the arts. Fast-forward to this year and the Obama administrations Race To The Top, which continues to emphasize a national standardized test that will measure students critical knowledge and higher-order thinking skills.

  Viewing both initiatives I am reminded of the comedy team of the 20s and 30s, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, and the catchphrase most associated with the comedy duo: Well thats another fi ne mess youve gotten me into. After the tumultuous program cutbacks of the 90s, sparked by voter propositions restricting larger than 2.5 percent property tax increases, music and the arts had, in more recent times, the appearance of moving back into the good graces of the home owner. Newer communities with school-age children have come to realize, in the main, that electives are part and parcel of the whole education experience and older citizens have learned that their property value is direct in proportion to their area schools educational ranking.

  Events of the past two years have lowered property values and, coupled with less tax-es generated at the state level, resulted in a once-again cut-to-the-bone view of school programs. In New Jersey there is a proposal for an $820 million reduction in state aid, teacher layoffs, bigger classroom size and the predictable non essential arts and sports facing the chopping block. Florida is eyeing a potential revenue shortfall that may reach $3.2 billion. It was stated that efforts to cover the defi cit, will not be suffi cient to avoid signifi cant reductions in education services. Utahs legislature is looking to save funds by reducing exams for already over-tested kids, increasing class sizes and using school buildings open year round with teachers restricted from taking summers off. California is struggling to confront a multi billion-dollar budget defi cit which has resulted, accord-ing to one state educator, in a $17 billion loss for school aid in the past two years.

  The loss of school music programs affects all segments of the music industry and based on the performance of both parties at the national and state levels, its going to take a continuing grass roots approach to maintain music and arts programs, as well as many other electives in the school curriculum.

  While most of our readership are familiar with the most popular VH1, Save the Mu-sic and Mr. Hollands Opus Foundation there are many more, such as the Mockingbird Foundation, the Chely Wright Foundation, The Presser Foundation, The Texaco Founda-tion, The Dana Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Foundation among a host of others that can help school music programs. Lets carry the message to the classroom its our future.

  PUBLISHERSidney L. Davis

  sdavis@symphonypublishing.com

  ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERRick Kessel

  rkessel@symphonypublishing.com

  EDITORChristian Wissmuller

  cwissmuller@symphonypublishing.com

  ASSOCIATE EDITOREliahu Sussman

  esussman@symphonypublishing.com

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  dneilson@symphonypublishing.com

  ADVERTISING SALES Iris Fox

  ifox@symphonypublishing.com

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  lguptill@symphonypublishing.com

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  UpfrontNakata Named President of Yamaha Corp. of AmericaTakuya Tak Nakata has been named president of Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA). He succeeds Hogan Osawa, who will re-turn to Yamaha Corporation Japan to lead the AV Division.

  In 1981, Mr. Nakata joined Yamaha (former Nippon Gak-ki Co., Ltd., which offi cially changed its name to Yamaha Corp

A DJ Controller provides you with hands-on, tactile control over DEX 3andDEX 3 REDJ mixing software.

DJ controllers are MIDI controllers or USB-to-analog devices used for controllingDJ software, and can typically be installed on a MAC or Windows PC or laptop – or in some cases a tablet device. Many DJ Controllers come equipped with an Audio Interface built in for pre-fade listening, so no need for any additional hardware – Just install the drivers for your DJ controller, plug it in and select your audio output configuration in our DJ softwareand you’re ready to rock the event!