Interview with Edward Garbett, Founder of Progressive Music
Date of Interview
3-30-2003
Length of Interview
1:00:18
Digital Publication Date
2-28-2024
Publisher
National Association of Music Merchants
Language
English
Keywords
Music Retail, Gretsch Company, Progressive Music Store, Yamaha Corporation of America
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Music | Music Business
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Garbett, Edward, "Interview with Edward Garbett, Founder of Progressive Music" (2003). NAMM Oral Histories. 13.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nammoralhistories/13
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From the NAMM Oral History Collection:
Edward Garbett was the founder of the Progressive Music store in McKeesport Pennsylvania in the years following World War II. He worked for Gretsch as Educational Director and a decade later was hired by Yamaha and oversaw the company’s growing school band programs throughout the 1960s and 70s. One of his first employees at Progressive Music was the instrument repairman William Schultz, who got his start in the industry thanks to Ed. When Mr. Schultz became the CEO of Fender Musical Instruments and moved the company from California to Arizona, Ed moved too. The two remained lifelong friends until Mr. Schultz passed in 2006.