Casio’s Privia PX-850 features Casio’s new proprietary sound source, AiR (Acoustic and intelligent Resonator).
pressed brass grommet, with the toms using decorative tacks to affix the badge. www.gretschdrums.com. Hohner Awards Jimenez with Lifetime Achievement Award The National Endowment for the Arts recently named Flaco Jimenez a National Heritage Fellow at The Lincoln Library in Washington, DC. He was also awarded with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Hohner for his incred-
“We are honored to be a Design and Engineering Award Honoree at CES,” said Stephen Schmidt, Vice President of Casio’s Electronic Musical Instruments Division. “We look forward to continuing to lead the way in the electronic musical instrument industry with innovative products that meet consumers’ wants and needs.” www.casio.com Gretsch to Reintroduce Round Badge Beginning in January 2013, all Gretsch USA Custom drums will feature the traditional Gretsch Round Badge. First appearing on USA-made drums between 1930 and 1970, drum sets made with the brass round badge have become highly respected and collectible in the vintage drum community. The Gretsch Round Badge will appear on all Gretsch USA Custom drums, including G-4000 Series Metal and G-5000 Series Wood Snare Drums. The newly designed Gretsch Round Badge shares many of the characteristics of the original version. Each is made from brass and features an embossed “Gretsch” logo, versus fully-embossed badges found on original Round Badge drum sets. A simulated patina will be applied to give the badge a vintage brass look. The new Round Badge will be attached in the traditional method to the drums’ vent holes using a pneumatically pressed brass grommet. Original Round Badge bass drums and snare drums have the pneumatically DECEMBER 2012
ible achievements culminating in his receiving five Grammy awards for musical collaborations with some of the most prestigious artist in the world. Flaco has played a very important role in making Conjunto (Tex-Mex) music known all over the world and is recognized as the ambassador of Conjunto music. www.playhohner.com TreeWorks Builds World’s Largest Bar Chimes The Guinness Book of World Records officially certified that the chime recently built by TreeWorks Chimes is the largest one ever recorded. The project was the collaborative effort of Mitch McMichen of TreeWorks Chimes and Tom Shelly of Universal Percussion. It features 1,221 chime bars that were hand-tied on, one-
at-a-time. The record was broken at Drum Fest, a Universal Percussion sponsored community event in Columbiana, Ohio. To break the previous record of 1,000 bars, the chime had to be used during a performance, so Shelly’s band played at the event and accompanied the long sweep of the instrument for the record. The chime is currently on display in the Universal Percussion showroom. The total length of the chime was measured at 64 feet 2 inches, weighing over 140 pounds. www.treeworkschimes.com Alfred Congratulates Howard for Ms. Senior California Honor Alfred Music Publishing congratulates Elisabeth Howard – author of Alfred’s Sing!, Born to Sing, Power Speech, and The ABCs of Vocal Harmony – for being honored as Ms. Senior California, 2012. The pageant is designed to elevate elegant senior women and allow them to get the recognition they deserve.
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