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Colton Piano in Chapter 11. (Colton Piano & Organ) (Brief Article)
Music Trades; Nov 1, 1991; 677 Words Colton Piano In Chapter 11 As this issue went to press, Colton Piano & Organ, one of the largest home...and Schafer & Sons pianos throughout the country...sales of $18,800,000, Colton's filing was prompted...
New Schafer venture emerges from bankruptcy of Colton Piano. (Colton Piano and Organ founder and president Vern Schafer) (Retailer Update) (Column)
Music Trades; Jul 1, 1992; 700+ Words Ruston Music Leases Former Colton Store And Takes Over part Of Colton Inventory Over a 20-year period, Vern Schafer, founder and president of Colton Piano & Organ, earned the reputation as one of the industry...
Young Chang invests in Colton Piano of Northern California. (Young Chang America Inc.) (Retailer Update)
Music Trades; Nov 1, 1992; 634 Words ...California, which operates nine Colton Piano & Organ locations in northern California...Robert Ball, vice-president. Colton Piano & Organ of Northern...has no ties to Vern Schafer's Colton Piano & Organ in Los Angeles...
Building a business one sale at a time. (Field's Piano & Organ)(Company Profile)
Music Trades; Feb 1, 1997; 700+ Words ...Field's Piano & Organ Survived Southern California...seemed to slow Field's Piano, which has racked up...recent opening of a new piano super-store in Los...and manage Field's Piano, are by no means newcomers...father began selling used pianos in Riverside, California...like Veto ...
Sherman Clay opens Bryan Lee Piano in L.A. (Sherman, Clay and Co.)
Music Trades; Feb 1, 1995; 700+ Words ...nation and the largest piano retailer in the greater...brings his career in the piano industry full circle...job. "I always liked pianos, I had played as a kid...Later, he worked for Colton Piano & Organ before opening his own...
PIANO CENTER OPENS IN FLINT, MI.
Music Trades; Jul 1, 2001; 499 Words ...enclosed shopping mall, the new Piano & Keyboard Center is...business when he went into Colton Piano & Organ to try out a few pianos. When a salesman asked him...career, he eventually joined Colton in 1970. As the company expanded...
Finding opportunity in a brutal market: how Dennis James' Piano Warehouse is expanding sales in the San Diego market with a creative sales approach.(RETAIL STRATEGIES)
Music Trades; Jul 1, 2009; 700+ Words ...TELL DENNIS JAMES the piano business is dead. He...some components of The Piano Warehouse's business...market for imported pianos is reeling from an 80...James reports that The Piano Warehouse's high...established Piano & Organ Warehouse in 1992 but stopped carrying organs ...
The ten greatest salespeople of all time: remembering the people who built the industry. (Bob Popyk on Selling).
Music Trades; Jan 1, 2002; ; 700+ Words ...manager. He could sell a piano or organ in minutes, because he was so...right hand of Vern Schafer at Colton Piano & Organ in Southern California during the days when Colton's sold organs and pianos by the hundreds. Bob always...
The best salespeople of all time!(BOB POPYK ON SELLING)
Music Trades; Aug 1, 2005; ; 700+ Words ...manager. He could sell a piano or organ in minutes because he was so...right hand of Vern Schafer at Colton Piano & Organ in southern California during the days when Colton's sold organs and pianos by the hundreds. Bob always...
Ken Saliba new Jordan Kitt's VP. (Retailer Update).
Music Trades; Feb 1, 2003; 580 Words ...sales and delivery of pianos and Allen organs to...specialized in Allen organs, first at Gould Music...sales manager for Church Organs Incorporated in Pasadena...the authorized Allen organ dealer in Los Angeles...installations of Allen organs, both classical and...institutional sales ...
Developers strike deal to construct bowling alley: Hesperia gets first major entertainment center.
Daily Press (Victorville, CA); Sep 6, 2006; 700+ Words ...Other anchors slated for the project site are a Colton Piano and Organ store and the Hesperia Professional and Medical Arts...its proximity to the Interstate 15 interchange. Colton Piano and Organ was the first anchor to commit to the site...
City seeks tenant for vacant site.
San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA); May 12, 2005; 700+ Words Byline: Stephen Wall, Staff Writer May 12--COLTON -- The site of the former Movieland Frontier Town...owners of L.J. Snow Ford bought the property from Colton Piano and Organ founder Vern Schafer in 1996. They wanted to put a...
City seeks tenant for vacant site
The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.; May 12, 2005; ; 613 Words COLTON - The site of the former Movieland Frontier Town could soon be home...29 years. The owners of L.J. Snow Ford bought the property from Colton Piano and Organ founder Vern Schafer in 1996. They wanted to put a car dealership on...
Warehouse clubs ... wave of the future or passing fad? (keyboard road shows in warehouse stores)
Music Trades; Dec 1, 1992; 700+ Words ...it may be to admit, piano and organ retail outlets have among...vans to cart Hammond Organs to supermarkets and other...population to the easy-play organ. Changing retail trends...indications are that Colton Piano & Organ of...Redwood City. While Colton's first ...
FLASHBACKS.
Music Trades; Aug 1, 1999; 700+ Words ...advertised at $439. PIANO SUPERSTORE With the recent opening of Colton Piano & Organ Supermarket on Carson...arguably the largest piano store in the country...1,100 new and used pianos and organs. 10 YEARS AGO RANDALL...
MEETING ON NEUTRAL GROUND.
Music Trades; Jul 1, 1999; 360 Words COLTON PIANO OF SANTA CLARA...Baldwin Piano & Organ; Den Flacco, Kurzweil...PianoDisc; Joe Brattesani, Colton Piano & Organ...Koevering; Dave Gatt, Colton Piano & Organ president...amp; Bosendorfer Pianos.
Larrick acquires Schroeders: Tom Miller will manage five Arizona locations. (Retailer Update).
Music Trades; Jun 1, 2002; 519 Words LARRICK PIANO & ORGAN, based in Sacramento...has acquired Schroeder's Piano & Organ, with locations...Roy Larrick, Larrick Piano & Organ president...originally a division of Colton Piano & Organ of Northern...
THE TOP 200 AMERICAS LARGEST RETAILERS.
Music Trades; Aug 1, 1999; 700+ Words ...could even plausibly be considered casualties of big box competition. Home keyboard retailers like Colton Piano & Organ, The Piano Man, Piano Mart, Tune Town, and Bryan Lee Music were never in direct competition with any of the chains and...
2001 they said it!: notable quotes during the course of the year. (2002 Review & Forecast).
Music Trades; Jan 1, 2002; 700+ Words ...Ken Pavia Director Baldwin Piano & Organ "There have been a lot of talented...results ... something that no other piano manufacturer and very few retailers...t work as a team." Dave Gatt Colton Piano & Organ Santa Clara, CA...
Suzuki honors top retail performers.(NAMM Show Report 2004)
Music Trades; Mar 1, 2004; 479 Words ...Carol Jones-Zadel. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] COLTON PIANO & ORGAN, Santa Clara, CA, received a Silver Award for Outstanding Sales. Denyse Cardozo, Dave Gait, Colton Piano; Carol Jones-Zadel, Suzuki Corp. [ILLUSTRATION...
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