 Music Retailers Inaugurate Hall of Fame with Hartley PeaveyPeaveyPosted 2006-03-03 North American musical instrument and sound reinforcement retailers honored Peavey with four 2006 Music & Sound Awards, including the first-ever Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award. "Hartley Peavey has been a central figure in the music products industry for four decades and an independent dealer advocate the whole time," remarked Vinny Testa, publisher of Music & Sound Retailer magazine, during the 20th annual Music & Sound Awards ceremony in Anaheim, Calif.
"Voting him the first recipient of the Music & Sound Retailer's Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award is a tribute to and recognition of his passion and commitment to all the dealers in this industry."
The 20th annual Music & Sound Awards also recognized Peavey with Best New Power Amplifier for the CS® 800x4; Best New Effects Processor for the Dual DeltaFex®; and its first Outstanding Community Service Award. Peavey has won the award for Best New Power Amp four years straight.
The Music & Sound Awards recognize outstanding technological advances and musical instrument and pro sound equipment sales in the multi-billion dollar music retail industry, and are chosen by retailers in the U.S. and Canada. The Music & Sound Retailer presents the awards during the Winter NAMM (International Music Products Association) convention in Anaheim.
Founded in 1965, Peavey® is one of the world's largest manufacturers of musical instruments and professional sound equipment. Peavey holds more than 130 patents and produces more than 2,000 products, which are distributed throughout the United States and to 136 other countries. Peavey and its MediaMatrix®, Architectural Acoustics®, PVDJ®, Crest Audio® and Trace Elliot® brands and affiliates can be found on concert stages and in more than 3,000 airports, stadiums, theme parks and other venues around the world. To find out more, visit www.peavey.com.
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