Summer NAMM Show, July 2009 (Day 3) (Posted by Richard Ash on 7/26/2009)
Yet another day of being around dulcimers, music, and musicians. What a life!
Nick and I (Richard) just finished the third and last day of this summer's NAMM show. Usually these events are winding down by the last day, and this show followed true to form.
Richard (left) and Nick (right) at the Summer NAMM show
So here we are, trying to drum up (dulcimer up?) some business, when a couple of well known television stars happen by. They were kind enough to pose for a photograph...
Bing with television stars Bert and Ernie
Yesterday, Linda Sack came by and played a few duets with Stephen Seiefert, and she came back again today. I guess she had heard that Bert and Ernie were in our booth. Or maybe it was Bing she wanted to see...
Linda Sack with Bing Futch
If you ever get a chance to see Linda in concert, don't miss the opportunity. She's great!
This Summer NAMM show was a huge success for Folkcraft Instruments. We got to see a lot of our dealers (stores that carry Folkcraft dulcimers), made some new friends, and got to visit with some old friends.
It is kind of nice, how the people in the dulcimer community, and the music industry even, seem to work well and play well together. Our neighbors at this show were music publishers, and guitar builders, and banjo makers, and practically anything else you could imagine.
But even here, where we all compete for the same customers, there's the feeling that in the end, we help people make music.
Thanks again to Bing Futch (BingFutch.com), and Stephen Seifert (StephenSeifert.com) for being our demonstrators for the show. World class artists are not commonly found, and we consider ourselves lucky to have two of the best helping us here at Folkcraft.
When people think of heirloom-quality instruments, they think of Folkcraft. Here's why: Our instruments are handmade in the United States of America, not in a cheap overseas factory. Our instruments are crafted one at a time, not on an assembly line. Our instruments are made of solid woods, not out of plywood.
Folkcraft instruments are made with pride and tradition, using the same methods as our founders used in 1968. Folkcraft Instruments is a family business, with two generations of luthiers putting their skill and experience into every instrument they create.
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