Episode 046 - Roberto Romeo; Innovative ideas for local music shops to survive against Amazon

Roberto’s Winds, at 149 W. 46th St, New York City, is one of the very few music shops left standing today in the world-famous area that used to be known as Music Row.

The link to his full biography, along with more Resources for this episode, is on our website.

In this episode, Donna chats with Roberto Romeo about:

• The history of the shop, and the many famous saxophone players that frequent his store
• How Roberto got started with repair
• His famous Mark VI Room!
• The origin of Roberto’s reeds and his guarantee
• His own brands of horns, wooden ligatures and reeds that players such as Tim Price, Artie Shepp and Pharoah Sanders use
• How to care for a wooden ligature
• Innovative ideas for local music shops to survive against Amazon

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