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 Ted Brown opened the doors to his new music store, Ted Brown Music,
his primary product was pianos. The obvious supplement to this was
sheet music. Band Instruments came in next to support the product
line and make a well rounded music store. During the mid 40's, in
the midst of WWII, all metal was diverted to the war effort so band
instruments were not even made. Needing to get things to sell, Ted
called on his many friends and contacts in the business world. While
he couldn't get musical instruments, he could get things like model
planes and watches. This was enough to keep people coming in so that
when inventory became available, customers shopped first with him.
The business grew by adding televisions, home stereo systems and
records.
We were there from the start of rock and roll, with
Elvis, Buddy Holly and all the rest. Ted's son, Warren, came to work
full time in 1958. He recalled that one of his favorite window displays
was where he put out a single color TV set and filled the window
of the downtown store with colored balloons. It looked as if the
television was floating and it was a spectacular way to introduce
the new color sets! It was only a few short years later that Warren
took over full time as President of the company. The 1970's saw a
change away from televisions and stereos to better focus on the school
music needs. This was the advent of the Educational Services Program.
The 1980's saw closure to the sale of acoustic pianos but reintroduced
electronics and Pro Audio. We now had sound systems and lighting
to fill the needs of the school/church market. In the late 80's two
of the Brown's daughters, Stephanie and Whitney, joined the company.
Stephanie ran the Richland Store and Whitney was at our Evergreen
Plaza Store. The three continued to work as a team out of the new
store on Tacoma Mall Blvd. On July 1st 2004, Warren announced that Whitney
Brown-Grisaffi will succeed him as company President. Stephanie Brown-Howe
has been named Vice-President. As you can see, Ted Brown Music has
seen a lot of changes over the last 78 years. What has stayed the
same is the family's dedication to the music community and helping
people enjoy music.
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